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on the 12 th of January 1700, Savva priest from tanacu enlists
a donation of a Gospel of the founders of the monastery Corni, cursing
“whoever would make the mistake to sell it for his own good, should be
cursed by Sfeti Arhanghel, forever and ever”. only after a few days, on
the 20 th of January a Molitfelnic pruncesc, was given to priest Ion from
Şărboteşti, priest Neculai with Antonie from Şcheia. on the 1 st of March
1700, a Molitvelnic (Buzău, 1699) was bought by Vasilie cantacuzino,
high official. on the 22 nd of March 1700 a curious note was made on the
New Testament (Alba Iulia, 1648) which used to be at Archangels Church
from Frătăuţii Vechi, county of suceava, “this Praxiu/Acts of the Apostles
was bought with our money and we gave it to our holy church, with the
celebration on the protection of the holy Virgin. Shimonah Mina, Bishop
of rădăuţi” 33 . There is not known any bishop called Mina in rădăuţi, but
the note suggests that it might be a hierarch withdrawn from the chair and
sent to be a monk. But the doubt hovers on, as according to the monastery
rules, the monk taking the vows should have a name which started by M.
But, at the time, the only bishop of rădăuţi with such a name was Misail,
who in 1700 was leading the bishopric of roman and was not secluded in
a monastery.
on the 31 st of August1700, a Gospel (Snagov, 1697) is bought by
people from liteni, who are one Şomuz, namely Toadir rusu with his
sons and all their relatives and all their villagers and gave it to the church,
whose saint patron is hierarch nicholas. Between 1700 September 1 st and
1701 August 31 st (7209), a contemporary informs us “to be known when I
studied at Neamţu; at that time there was a penman and he learned to sing
in 7 voices” 34 .
the end of the 17 th century and the beginning of the 18 th was troubled
by wars and Moldavia was involved in the events from its vicinity. In 1700
Dimitrie Cantemir was in Moldavia and he assisted his brother Antioh
to the official reception for the ambassador of the polish king at court,
rafael lesczynski, the future father of king Stanislav I, on his passing by
through iaşi, on his way to constantinoples, where the peace treaty from
carlovăţ would be signed. From a copy after Polish poem about Moldavia
and Wallachia by Miron Costin from 1886, f. 27, Ms. sl. 679, today at
the romanian Academy library, Bucharest, written after Manuscript no.
1348 since 1700 from Czartoryski library in Krakow, we find that the
ambassador “was given this book in iaşi, while taking his message to the
33 on Tetraevanghel, ms., from the Bishopric of roman; (Ibidem, p. 334); on
Agheazmatar; (ibidem, p. 355- 357).
34 Ibidem, p. 357; on Octoih, ms., from Neamţ monastery; (Ibidem, p. 335-336).