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60 Elena Chiaburuthem, in the city of Iaşii". The books also had the same price on April 5 th1810: "there are 12 books for one year, one for each month, and they werebought by boyer Scărlat Crupenschi, for a price of 150 lei" 21 .As a whole set was very expensive, the Minee were also sold individually,one volume at a time. A whole set of Minee was frequently bought throughthe contribution of various church members. Thus, after 1805, a May Mineiwas bought by monk Misail "for 10 lei, unbound". In 1810, a NovemberMinei "was bought through the effort and perseverence of Gavriil Ţiţibaicand his wife Maria, 12 lei", for the Sf. Ierarh Nicolae Church of the Ciurchislum in Iaşi. Also, on December 19 th 1810, Ilie son of Dumitru boughtthe Sf. Nicolae-Ciurchi Church a July Minei, for the price of 10 lei or 16groşi. The Minee of the Sf. Voievozi – Rufeni Church in Iaşi were boughtas follows: on February 1 st 1810, "Ioan, son of Ioniţ Munteanu" boughta December Minei for 11 lei; on December 6 th 1810, Alicsăi Petraşcanuand Costandin Giuginului bought "with our rightful money, 11 lei", a AprilMinei; on December 7 th 1810, Andrii Cărăiman bought a June Minei for11 lei, "my rightful money"; on May 1 st 1811, pedler Costandin Mihelachibought a May Minei for "exactly 40 lei, my own money"; on July 1 st 1811,Pricopii Bărcă bought a July Minei, for "exactly 40 lei, my own money";on October 20 th 1811, Catrina Săcăroai bought a October Minei, "exactly40 lei, my own money"; all these books were donated to the Sf. Voievozi –Rufeni Church. Later on, the members of the Săcară family bought anotherbook, on March 29 th 1830, Procopi Sacară and his wife Ecaterina bought aJuly Minei "for exactly 11 lei" and donated it to Sfinţilor Voievozi, Rufeniişi Roşcăi" 22 .In time, the price of the Minee of Buda rose: on November 16 th 1815,“these twelve Minei are bought by me, the humble monk priest Mihail,for the rightful price of 160 lei, meaning one hundred and sixty lei", buton November 8 th 1830, "this November Mineiu, and the 11 ones that willfollow, which hold the saints’ liturgies, were bought for a price of fourhundred and fifty lei, , from the monk priest and confessor Ioan of theSaint Rîşca Monastery and were given to the Saint Adormirii MaiciiDomnului Church of the Baia village" 23 .With the help of book annotations, we can also learn the circumstancesin which the Minee were sometimes sold. On May 31 st 1816, Gheorghie21Caproşu, Chiaburu, op. cit., 258, 260, 268.22Ibidem, 267, 274, 282-283, 286, 288, 309, 365; BAR A 1580 (ms. C. Bobulescu,Inscripţii Iaşi), 667/694; BCU (Bibliothèque Centrale Universitaire) Iaşi, Ms. VI-74(Balaur, Biserici Lăpuşna), 633.23Caproşu, Chiaburu, op. cit., 309, 365, 230.