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STATUTE OF KALISZ 7 75

NUMBER 7. NUMBER 8.
The French text is illustrated with a portrait of Two miniatures by Szyk illustrate the following
a man holding a document – a voivod or a articles of the Statute of Kalisz:
judge referring to the text of Jewish privileges. Article 12. A Jew shall travel through our territory
Behind him, the emblem of Poland and the with no hindrance or trouble. If he should be
carrying any goods or other things for which he
figure of a hangman – the symbol of
must pay duty at all customs offices, he shall pay
punishment. Szyk had made a similar
only the prescribed duty which a citizen of that
miniature in Paris – "The Scribe".
town, in which the Jew is then dwelling, pays.
From the collection of the Józef Piłsudski The figure features a Jew holding a pouch with
Library (WiMBP) in Łódź. money – probably to cover the duty tax and the
fee for the officer writing the document. The
other miniature shows a Jewish funeral leaving
the city.
Article 13. Funeral processions shall be free of
any duty fee.
Article 14. If a Christian shall break into or
devastate the cemetery of the Jews, he shall be
gravely punished according to the custom and laws
of the land and all his property shall be confiscated.
From the collection of the Józef Piłsudski Library
Hangman
(WiMBP) in Łódź.