%0 Journal Article
%T Proszowice town records from 15th to 18th century. The codicology study
%A Nabiałek, Karol
%J Archeion
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/26581264ARC.19.012.11821
%N 120
%P 283-322
%K town records, municipal chancellery, bench records, manuscripts
%@ 0066-6041
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/archeion/article/ksiegi-miejskie-proszowic-z-xv-xviii-w-studium-kodykologiczne
%X The article is a preliminary study of Proszowice town records. Proszowice was a royal town located in the former Cracow voivodeship, classified into 2nd tax category. The town charter was granted in 1358 by Casimir the Great. Codicological descriptions of 10 extant and identified manuscripts were prepared. Moreover, an inventory was  prepared of dispersed fragments of bench records, council records and bench/council records of 17th–18th century. The oldest book of town records (1418–1456) includes mostly the council entries, in part made with participation of the mayor and aldermen. One of the volumes is an accounting ledger from 1768–1786. The remaining manuscripts are bench records, i.e. the documentation of the magistrate court (1449–1588) and the book of criminal records, which comprises entries from 1581–1686 pertaining to criminal cases examined by the town court. The mayor/aldermen records can be essentially divided into two series, kept from 15th century. The first was initially composed of unbound folded sheets, the other comprises codices, i.e. bound manuscripts. Other than the oldest four manuscripts, Proszowice town records were hereto not known or used in literature.