Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 29/2. (2009)
Cultură materială
106 Ma risi a XXIX as food abuse and drunkenness. The Confraternity sought to educate its members in order for them to become not only good workers, but also respectable members of the community, by imposing strict protection from any kind of vices. The education imposed within the guild by means of the Confraternity was profoundly Christian. It was meant to supplement the education received at home or within the Church. Mutual help was characteristic of the guild spirit. Guild members had to demonstrate their camaraderie under any circumstance as well as the love of their neighbor, since they followed the basic Christian principles. Thus, journeymen from the Confraternity were required to provide assistance to the sick, even in the case when the latter were from out of town and were only studying there. The Statute required journeymen to help their confreres who were in pain. Care for the sick was done in shifts. Journeymen took care of their confreres who were both physically or financially at a disadvantage.38 The Statute stipulated that masters could give loans to journeymen on the condition that the sum should be returned within the four-week work period.39 The Confraternity helped in the recovery of those foreign journeymen who were physically incapacitated.40 Participation at the Holy Mass was compulsory. The Confraternity took care of the spiritual education of journeymen, being aware of the impact that divinity could have upon human beings. They were also aware of the fact that Sunday school was useful and that the combination between the power of the Divine Word and that of human authority could have great impact upon the youth. This is further evidence of the religious preoccupations and function of the guild.41 Belatedness was also punishable by a fine, and those who were sick or away had to communicate the reason for not performing their religious duties, or else they faced reprimand. Failure to participate at the Sunday Holy Mass was punished with four weeks of work.42 The chest could be opened only with permission from the guild master, and everybody had to behave appropriately during its opening. The judgment of the guilty ones happened in front of the open chest, subsequent comments being not only futile, but also severely fined. The chest preserved the documents and the money that entered the treasury 38 Copia der Hermannstädter Sattlerzunft Articul, Article 25, sheet 116; Articul einer..., Artilocul 7, sheet 3/v-4. 39 Copia der Hermannstädter Sattlerzunft Articul, Article 22, sheet 115/v; Articul einer..., Article 8 sheet 4-4/v.. 40 Copia der Hermannstädter Sattlerzunft Articul, Article 26, sheet 116; Articul einer..., Article 11, sheet 5. 41 R. Rosier, p. 532. 42 Articul einer..., 1764, Article 9, sheet 4/v.
