Isac Stârcea şi Popenii de pe Iubăneasa în veacul XVII
Isac Stârcea and Popenii on the Iubăneasa in the 17th Century

Summary/Abstract: Unfortunately, few works have been written on Isac Stârcea, one of the copyists for whom we have less documents written by himself than documents in which he is mentioned. Assuming the beginning of his career around the age of 20, the author of the article concludes that he was born in the first half of the sixteenth century. He was the son of Pătraşcu Stârcea of Vascăuţi, brother of Constantin Stârcea, Alderman of Hotin and brother-in-law of Coste Băcioc, which made him, when Vasile Lupu ascended to the throne, relative of the latter. Additionally, the descent of Ion Stârcea, Alderman of Hotin, whose daughter Anghelina was married to Ion Stroici, father of Luca Stroici, High Chancellor, could be one of the causes that led the latter to bring young Isac to the High Chancellery of Moldavia. After learning to read and write, as apprentice to an older copyist, he wrote his first official act on February 5, 1603. Ordered by Ieremia Movilă and under the attentive supervision of the Chancellor, the pen of the young copyist wrote down on a beautiful parchment the tax exemption of a house in Iaşi belonging to St. Sava monastery. The following year, by the side of the Prince in Davideni, he wrote a new act. This act, we believe, marks the end of the copyist’s activity in the High Chancellery. From that moment on, we find him very rarely writing a document or signing and affixing the seal, as witness on different acts.

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