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Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, together with the authorities of the Roman Archconfraternity of the Most Holy Body of Christ at the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, issues a transumpt of documents by Pope Paul III containing grants of indulgences. The act was drawn up at the request of Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski for the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the cathedral in Lviv in order to extend Roman spiritual privileges to it.

The authorities of the Roman archconfraternity at the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva perform a transumpt of the bull of Pope Gregory XIII from 1573 and, at the request of the Archbishop of Lviv, grant the indulgences contained therein to the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the cathedral in Lviv. The document confirms the right of the members of the Lviv confraternity to enjoy the spiritual privileges belonging to the Roman confraternity.

A German-language letter to an unidentified recipient. The partly legible text repeats the words “Mühle” and “Müller” and may refer to an account or payment. The details and date cannot be established. The wrapper indicates Jaroslaw.

A partly illegible letter beginning with the salutation “Jaśnie Wielmożny Mci Dobrodzieju.” The wrapper identifies a most illustrious lord, Voivode of Podlasie. A note at the upper right may contain the date 18 […] 1696, but the reading is uncertain, so the date is not established.

Pope Sixtus V, at the request of Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski and the community of Lviv, enriches the city's coat of arms by adding three hills and a star from his own family coat of arms to the lion figure. The document authorizes the city authorities to freely place and compose the new emblem according to needs and circumstances.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms and ratifies at the coronation sejm all rights, privileges, liberties, immunities, and ancient customs granted to the Armenian community of the city of Lviv by his predecessors.

The writer addresses the president and the entire Lviv magistracy. The partly legible text mentions priests of the local college, repairs, and an agreement with the city, but the details cannot be established with confidence. The letter is dated 10 March 1711.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms a 1586 document issued by the Starosta of Lviv, Mikołaj Herburt of Fulsztyn, granting the nobleman Zygmunt Poradowski a marshy plot in the Kraków Suburb of Lviv. The grant includes ownership and inheritance rights with a six-year tax exemption, after which the holder is obligated to pay an annual rent of 30 groszy.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms an entry from the Lviv land records, by which Anna Rosnowska, née Molfka, donated a house in the Podzamcze district of Lviv and meadows to Mikołaj, a former servant of Kazimierz Hynek, and his wife Anna. The monarch grants this perpetual donation permanent legal force.

Pope Clement XIII writes to Charles III about actions against the Jesuits and their property in Spain. He recalls the order’s service, educational and missionary work, and asks the king to protect it and consider the matter justly. The letter is a Polish translation from Italian and ends with the date 16 April 1767.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms ten articles of the statute of the Lwów surgeons' guild, defining, among other things, the rules for obtaining master status, practicing the profession, the rights of widows, and defensive and medical obligations to the city. Furthermore, he orders the authorities of Lwów to admit surgeons to city meetings and councils under penalty of a heavy fine.

The Lviv Cathedral Chapter grants the miller Iwan Pieczifora, his wife Anastazja, and his son Iwan the right of triple life tenure for the mill. The users are obliged to pay a specified annual rent in quarterly installments and to perform all repairs and maintenance work at their own expense.

A handwritten letter in Polish, with numerous deletions and passages that are difficult to read. The address side identifies the recipient as the resident of the city of Lwów, but the name is illegible. The closing note gives 21 July 1777 and probably Lwów. The inventory card describes the letter as sent by a prince, but the sender cannot be identified with certainty from the letter itself.

The writer sends a letter from Warsaw to the Lviv magistracy. The surviving text mentions people and a son named Stanisław, but its main subject cannot be reconstructed. The letter is dated 5 July 1699.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms and orders the transcription onto durable parchment of seven agreements concluded between the Lviv burghers and councilors and the local nobility, concerning the collection of customs, tolls, and cattle grazing fees (spasne). Under these agreements, the nobility pledged to respect the royal commercial immunities of Lviv and to refrain from collecting undue fees.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Dymitr Solikowski, together with the cathedral chapter, grants his brother Wojciech Solikowski the village of Siemikowce for life and leases him the village of Marków for twelve years. In return, the recipient undertakes to pay annual fees, maintain economic facilities, and repair and maintain a fish pond damaged by a flood.

The writer seeks protection in a matter involving the Lviv magistracy; appeals or mandates and a decree are also mentioned. The text is partly illegible, so the dispute’s course and subject cannot be established. No letter date can be read.

A handwritten letter in Polish with a formal address to a most illustrious lord and benefactor. The text is faded and partly abraded, so its subject cannot be established with confidence. The inventory card labels the document an original and mentions Stanisław; it is not a separate text or translation. An incomplete notation “12 VI” appears near the end of the letter, without a year.

The document confirms the sale of rights and shares in the enclosed Tambir forest by Jan Ribullo of Padola to notary Jakub Glerio of Candide and his brother for the sum of 4 lire and 10 soldi. The copy of the deed was certified from the father's protocol by notary Baptista de Tullio.

Pope Gregory XIV notifies the Archbishop of Lviv of the transfer of Bishop Stanisław from the Diocese of Kamianets to the Diocese of Chełm. He instructs the Metropolitan to provide support to the new ordinary and his suffragan diocese, and to assist him in his governance and the protection of church rights.

The writer addresses the Lviv magistracy. The letter mentions proceedings, a deadline, a decree, and immunitas/securitas, but its subject is not fully legible. It is dated in Lublin on 25 February 1738.

An original letter in Polish dated 16 July 1652. The text is faded and difficult to read in places. The inventory card attributes it to Kowalewski and describes it as a request for a reward for services; the surviving text does not confirm every detail of that description. No separate translation is present in the scans.

The royal commissioners of Sigismund III Vasa renewed and heaped up boundary mounds separating the Lviv Chapter villages of Basiówka and Hodowica from the royal villages of Sknilów and Sokolniki. The document establishes the course of the borders according to ancient privileges and ensures the subjects of both sides the right to free cattle grazing.

Archbishop of Lwów Jan Dymitr Solikowski, together with the cathedral chapter, establishes and re-founds the office of the reeve in the town of Dunajów, entrusting it to the nobleman Marcin Żabka and his successors. The document grants the reeve jurisdiction under Magdeburg law and an endowment including two hides of land with meadows, a plot for a reeve's manor, the third penny from judicial fines, and the right to brew beer and fish.

A Polish letter dated 3 February 1625. The salutation is addressed to a baron, but the recipient’s name and the substantive text are illegible.

A multi-page original letter, mainly in Polish, with a Latin salutation and legal terminology. The writer discusses a matter involving debts or dues, a response to claims, and legal or administrative jurisdiction; the details cannot be fully reconstructed. The inventory card attributes the letter to M. Kozłowski and describes it as addressed to an Austrian minister, but this identification requires verification. The closing gives Świdnica, 27 January 1745.

The Voivode of Kiev, Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, grants a soltys-ship with a free hide of land in the village of Mała Tuchla to Jaćko, son of Hołowczyc, and permits Iwan, son-in-law of Wasyl Hołowczyc, to erect a church. The document bears a later endorsement confirming the grant by the issuer's grandson, Prince Władysław Dominik Zasławski-Ostrogski.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the lifetime grant of land on Lion Mountain near Lwów made by the Lwów starosta Mikołaj Herburt to the neophyte Stanisław Tatar. The user is obliged to pay an annual rent of ten Polish groschen to the Lwów castle on St. Martin's Day.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the document issued by the Lviv Starosta, Mikołaj Herbort of Fulsztyn, to Jakub Czarnowski and his wife Dorota Todkowiecka, authorizing the construction of a dam, the establishment of a fish pond, and the erection of a mill on the Rokitna River, along with the granting of adjacent fields and meadows. The privilege specifies the amount of rent to be paid to the Lviv castle, the division of profits from draining the pond, and the assistance of local subjects with repairs.

King Sigismund III Vasa, approving the agreement between the Lviv Chapter and the city authorities, transfers to the mayor and councilors of Lviv the royal right of patronage and presentation of a learned clergyman to the metropolitan canonry of Lviv. At the same time, he orders Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski to institute the candidates presented by the magistrate.

The Polish letter contains a request for favour, a reference to 100 złoty, and thanks. The sender, recipient, and date have not been established.

The letter dated 26 August 1763 opens with an address to “Mci Kochany Dobrodzieju” and contains a partly legible request for favour. Most of the text cannot be read.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the verdict of Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski and the agreement concluded between the Metropolitan Chapter of Lviv and the magistrate of the city of Lviv in a dispute over the patronage of the provostship of the Holy Spirit Hospital. Under the approved settlement, the Lviv councilors retain the right of presentation to the provostship, choosing a candidate from among the canons, and the chapter undertakes to support the granting to the magistrate of the right of presentation to a second canonry for an educated clergyman.

King Sigismund III Vasa approves and transumes the act of the royal commission of auditors from 1592, which established the course of the boundaries and the placement of boundary mounds between the royal village of Sokolniki, belonging to the Lwów starosta district, and the municipal estates of Lwów known as Kulparków.

The writer reports a case concerning land claimed by P. Lisiewicz by right of inheritance. The illegible passages prevent reconstruction of the proceedings. The letter is dated at Brzeźno on 14 March 1688.

Lviv Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski confirms a donation of 400 Polish zlotys made by Gabriel Rozen of Rożnów to the provost and mansionaries of the Lviv Cathedral. The foundation was secured in the form of an annual perpetual rent (wyderkaf) of 24 zlotys on the tenement house of the Lviv apothecary Hieronim Wedelski in exchange for the celebration of services and masses for the donor's soul.

King Sigismund III Vasa restores and confirms, at the request of Lviv, the annual fair on the day of St. Margaret, while preserving the existing fair on St. Agnes' day without prejudice. The ruler guarantees freedom of trade and royal protection and safety during travel to the arriving merchants and traders.

The writer addresses the Lviv councillors and discusses a matter connected with transport and the city’s rights; parts of the manuscript are difficult to read. The inventory card attributes the letter to Stanisław Tomaszewski, but the signature does not provide a certain confirmation. The letter’s own dateline gives Brody, 28 December 1620.

King Sigismund III Vasa confirms the privileges of the cloth cutters' guild in Lviv, transuming the diploma of Stephen Báthory from 1578 (containing the privilege of Sigismund I from 1541 regarding the exclusive right to retail cloth by the ell) and the act of the Lviv city council from 1594 establishing the clothiers' brotherhood.

Lviv Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski approves the donation of the right of patronage and possession of the Holy Cross Chapel in the Lviv Cathedral made by Stanisław Dirowic to the councilor Jan Scholc Wolfowicz, and also approves and incorporates into ecclesiastical immunity the new foundation and rental endowment established for this chapel by Scholc.

A German-language letter whose closing gives the date “Anno 1628 November die 13”. Only isolated passages are legible; the sender, recipient, and place of writing have not been established.

Archbishop of Lviv Jan Dymitr Solikowski, together with the cathedral chapter, establishes an annual anniversary for the soul of the Voivode of Podolia, Mikołaj Mielecki, and allocates funds for the clergy and church staff. The foundation is based on an annual rent of 30 florins secured on the estates of the village of Stryhańce.