Perchment Diploma Created by the Chancellery of Bernardines Galician Province

This work aims at publication of parchment diploma created by the chancellery of Galician Province of the Franciscan-Observant (known as Bernardines diploma is kept in the fonds of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientifi c Library in Lviv. Scientifi c novelty. The is to introduce little-known historical source, that give us an opportunity to study the writing culture of catholic monks on Ukrainian lands. The methodology of the research is based on general scientifi c methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as principles of historism and objectivity. The methods of the archeography and sigillography are used for the publication of the supplements. The description of the document includes several elements: date and place of creation; size of the document sheet; original signatures of exponents; description of the seal (shape, material, size, legend, image). From the perspective of further studies, it is necessary to engage archival search and fi nd another diploma and similar documents created by the chancellery of Bernardine Galician Province. It gives us an opportunity to provide a comparative study of diploma and study the changes in writing culture of Bernadines in the 19 century. Conclusions. Political changes that took place after the fi rst partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772 afterwards made changes in the borders of different church structures. Galician Province was created instead of Rus' Province of Bernardines. Moreover, changes took place in the economic life of the monasteries due to the new law. But in the time of Austrian rule monks used their old traditions to preserve their fi nancial goods. Parchment diploma, analyzed in the article, is dedicated to this theme. Diploma tells us about an old practice to settle monastic estates under the care of a lay person. Monks should use the services of syndyсs, as monks from the mendicant orders weren't allowed to possess property.