Translation / modern text
[F. 1r, p. 2:]
WŁADYSŁAW
IV, by the grace of God, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, Livonia, and also hereditary King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals.
[...]
[Annotation in the bottom right corner of f. 1r:]
[...]
[Case and seal, pp. 3–4:]
[On the brass seal case, in the rim:]
[...] of the tinsmiths' guild Jakub Wronka, founder of the guild [...]
[In the field of the case:]
For himself
and for his
children 1634,
day 23
of October.
[Seal inside the case:]
[Impression of the greater royal crown seal of King Władysław IV in red wax]
[F. 1v?, p. 5:]
[...] Article one. First, he must have official letters of testimony from honest people and his parents [...]
Article two. A companion of the tinsmith craft who is to be appointed to the guild shall be [required to spend] one year of confession [quarter-century?] [...] and the brothers shall designate for him with which master he is to work for those six months, without leaving. Having worked for six months, he shall give himself six [obestalcy?] to the guild, he should join with honest people, giving the masters their due [...]
1. The shearing reed shall be engraved from black sheet metal, the box for needles and rivets shall be turned from brass.
The second lantern shall be with a mirror, the leg of which they shall [forge?], to ride at night in front of the horses on the road, with which there shall be a mirror. It shall be [kantryfałowe?] by face, and the heart shall be a striker according to proportion, the holdings shall be five brass studs [...]
Article three. If a companion were to arrive in Lwów and seek employment [...]
[F. 2r, p. 6:]
[...] Article ten. An apprentice having been freed [...] shall have a letter from the official [...]
Article eleven [...]
Article twelve [...]
Article thirteen. If a tavern keeper were to give to someone so carelessly that he refuses [...] he shall give a fine to the box [...]
[F. 2v, p. 7:]
[...] Article sixteen. If any masters were to have separate ordering and execution of works with merchants [...]
That this mayor and the Lwów councilors, inclining to the opinion of the tinsmith masters [...]
In the presence and council of the famous Wojciech Ruka [?], Wojciech Darowski, and Tobiasz Kapusta [...]
Given at the town hall of the city of Lwów [...]
[F. 3r, p. 8:]
[...] And a petition was brought in his name [...] We, therefore, the aforementioned King Władysław [...]
Given in Zamość on the 18th day of the month of October in the year of our Lord 1634, the second year of our reign in Poland and the third in Sweden.
Władysław, King
[On the side:]
Confirmation of the Lwów Tinsmiths' Guild
[F. 3v–4r, p. 9:]
[Annotation on the folded page:]
Association of the tinsmiths, bronziers, brass-workers, glovers, etc. Lwów, September 10, 1896. To the archive.
[Bottom right:]
Ave Maria Stella
[Verso of the parchment cover, p. 10:]
Tinsmiths [Rus. Жестянщиков]
Law of the Tinsmiths' Guild
[Ink stamp:] ARCHIVE OF ANCIENT RECORDS OF THE CITY OF LWÓW
Original wording — transcription
[K. 1r, s. 2:]
VLADISLAVS
IV Dei Gratia Rex Poloniae, Magnus Dux Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masoviae, Samogitiae, Livoniaeque, nec non Suecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque haereditarius Rex.
[...]
[Dopisek w prawym dolnym rogu k. 1r:]
[...]
[Puszka i pieczęć, s. 3–4:]
[Na mosiężnej puszce pieczętnej, w otoku:]
[...] CEHV BLAHAWNICZEGO IAKVB WRONKA FVNDATOR CEHV [...]
[W polu puszki:]
DLIA SIEBIE
I DLIA DZIAT
KAM SWOIM 1634
DNIA • 23
PAŹDZIERNIKA
[Pieczęć wewnątrz puszki:]
[Odcisk pieczęci większej koronnej króla Władysława IV w czerwonym wosku]
[K. 1v?, s. 5:]
[...] Artikuł Pierwszy. Naprzod ma mieć listy swiadectne urzędowe od poczciwych y rodzicow swoich [...]
Artikuł Wtory. Powinien będzie Towarzysz rzemięsła Blacharskiego ktoryby do cechu postanowiony był roku jednego spowiedź cwierćwieku [...] a bracia maią mu naznaczyć u ktorego Mistrza przez to putroka ma przerobić nieodchodząc. Przerobiwszy putroka ma sobie dać sześć obestalcy do cechu, powinien wstąpić z ludźmi uczciwemi za dayąc Panom Mistrzom odprawę [...]
1. Trzcina postrzygacka ma bydź rytowana z czarney blachy, pudło na igły nitami maią bydź toczone mosiądzowe.
Druga latarnia ma bydź ze zwierciadłem, ktorey nogę wywaią, w nocy przed końmi w drodze iadać, przy ktorey ma bydź zwierciadło. Kantryfałowe ma bydź twarzą a serca ma bydź krziesiątko według proporcyey, trzymania maią bydź puklow mosiądzowych pięć [...]
Artikuł Trzeci. Gdyby do Lwowa przyiechał Towarzysz y szukałby sprawunku [...]
[K. 2r, s. 6:]
[...] Artikuł Dziesiąty. Uczen wyzwoliwszy [...] powinnien będzie mieć list od officyała [...]
Artikuł Jedenasty [...]
Artikuł Dwanasty [...]
Artikuł Trzynasty. Jeśliby szynkarz komu dał tak niebaczny żeby odmowił [...] do skrzynki winy ma dać [...]
[K. 2v, s. 7:]
[...] Artikuł szesnasty. Jeśliby ktory Mistrzowie mieli sobie osobne zamawianie y wyręczanie robot z handlarzami [...]
Iżby ten Burmistrz y Rayce Lwowscy przychylaiąc się do zdania Mistrzow Blacharskich [...]
Przy bytnośći y radzie sławnych Woyciecha Ruki [?], Woyciecha Darowskiego y Tobiasza Kapusta [...]
Datum in Praetorio Civitatis Leopolien[sis] [...]
[K. 3r, s. 8:]
[...] Supplicatumque fuit eius nomine [...] Nos itaque Vladislaus Rex praenominatus [...]
Datum Zamoscie die XVIII Mensis Octobris Anno Domini MDCXXXIV Regnorum nostrorum Poloniae secundo vero Sueciae III Anno.
Vladislaus Rex
[Z boku:]
Confirmatio Cechu Blacharzow Lwowskich
[K. 3v–4r, s. 9:]
[Dopisek na odgiętej karcie:]
Stowarzyszenie przem. blacharzy, brązowników, mosiężników, rękawiczników i t. d. Lwów dnia 10. września 1896 r. Do archiwum.
[U dołu po prawej:]
Ave Maria Stella
[Verso okładki pergaminowej, s. 10:]
Жестянщиков
Prawo Cechu Blacharskich
[Pieczęć tuszowa:] ARCHIWUM AKT DAWNYCH MIASTA LWOWA
Reading notes
Parchment document in the form of a gathering (booklet/libellus consisting of 4 leaves), confirming the articles of the statute of the tinsmiths' guild of the city of Lwów enacted at the Lwów town hall. Attached to the document on a silk/wool cord is a brass seal case, engraved with the date October 23, 1634, and the name of Jakub Wronka, the founder of the guild. Inside the case, the wax crown seal of Władysław IV is preserved. On leaf 4, there is a commemorative entry of the guild from 1896 as well as old chancery and archival notes.











