Exercise 19
Document from 1450 issued by Cardinal Zbigniew Oleśnicki
The Cardinal - Bishop of Krakow grants 40 days of indulgence to the faithful who visit the altar of Saint Mary's Church in Krakow and who help to maintain it.
A parchment document, with a decorative initial “S” and the name of the cardinal - “Sbignevus”, beginning the text of the document.
Worth attention is the stamp of Cardinal Oleśnicki, attached to the document - oblong, pressed in red wax, presenting a Gothic triptych, in which the central place is taken by the sitting figure of Saint Stanislaus, with Saint Wenceslaus and Saint Prisca standing beside.
ANK, Collection of parchment documents, ref. no. 29/657/240
Exercise 19
Transcription
1. Cupientes igitur ut Ecclesia parochialis
2. gloriose virginis Marie in Civitate Cracoviensi congruis honoribus frequentetur et salus proveniat animarum Omnibus cristifide
3. libus contritis duntaxat et confessis qui Altaria eiusdem Ecclesie Sancte Marie ad honorem prefate virginis Marie et sanctorum
4. Sanctarum que dei ibidem erecta et constructa ex devocione visitaverint et oracionem dominicam cum Salutacione angelica ante Altare
5. devote dixerint quandocunque et quocienscunque spiritu divino instincti id fecerint Vel manus de bonis sibi a deo collatis ad ipsius
6. Ecclesie sustentacionem et fabricam adiutrices porrexerint tociens a quolibet Altari sic ut premittitur visitato de omnipotentis dei miseri
7. cordia et beatorum petri et Pauli Apostolorum eius Auctoritate confisi Quadraginta dies indulgenciarum perpetuis temporibus
8. duraturas impartimur et de iniunctis eis penitenciis misericorditer in domino tenore presencium relaxamus