Inwentarz skarbca koronnego z 1515 roku
The inventory of the Crown Treasury of 151

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the inventory of the Crown Treasury of 1515 whose original has been preserved in the Central Public Archives (AGAD, parchment nr 4460). The inventory was written down on 5 November 1515, after the office of the Treasurer of the Kingdom of Poland was taken by Mikołaj Szydłowiecki. It contains a detailed description of three Polish royal crowns: the Crown which was used for the coronation of Polish kings (Corona Aurea Regni Poloniae), the Queen’s Crown (Corona Reginalis Maiestatis), and the Homagial Crown (Corona Homagialis), as well as the other insignia of the king’s power, also a list of the objects kept in the Crown Treasury: objects of religious cult with their description, objects that contained Christological relics, things with protective properties and objects having historical value as well as other precious objects collected there. The review of the Crown Treasury was done on King Sigismund I’s order and was carried out by his closest associates, Deputy Chancellor of the Treasury Piotr Tomicki, Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki and Jan Boner.

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