@ARTICLE{Kapral_Myron_The_2023,
 author={Kapral, Myron},
 volume={No 4},
 journal={Slavia Orientalis},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2023},
 publisher={Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN},
 abstract={The article discusses the question of the Armenian origin of the Lviv chronicler Jan Tomasz Józefowicz (1662‑1728). The origin of the myth as to the Armenian ancestry of the Lviv chronicler Jan Tomasz Józefowicz dates back to the mid‑19th century. This was concocted by Aleksander Batowski and especially by Sadok Barącz. The latter presented a false Armenian genealogy not only for Józefowicz but also for the Lviv historian Bartłomej Zimorowicz, the poet Szymon Szymonowicz, and other historical figures who had no connection to Armenian families whatsoever. The myth about Józefowicz’s Armenian roots was to persist particularly strongly and even survived until the beginning of the 21st century, appearing in numerous publications. However, these imaginary Armenian origins did not align with his own oral accounts, and the information about Armenian history found in his chronicles. Recent publications and the appearance of municipal legal registers along with the testaments of Lviv citizens into scholarly circulation allow us to confidently state that Józefowicz had Polish origins with elements of German and Italian heritage.},
 type={Artykuł},
 title={The Armenian Origin of the Lviv Chronicler Jan Tomasz Józefowicz: Myth and Reality},
 URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/130428/2023-04-SOR-03.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/slo.2023.148581},
 keywords={Jan Tomasz Józefowicz, Lviv chronicler, Armenian origin, history of Lviv, genealogy},
}