|
 The
medieval booksellers were not all permitted to ply their trade in
their own way.
Since the supply of books for the students depended on them, the
Universities of Oxford, and elsewhere deemed it
their duty to keep them under control.
He was forbidden to offer any transcript for sale until it bad been
examined and found correct and were any inaccuracy detected in it by
the examiner, he was liable to a fine or the burning of the book.
The Sign displayed by booksellers were either the bible, or just a
book.
Signs Bookseller
Perfumer
Locksmith Apothecary
Barber Shoemaker
Grocer Pawn
Broker Inn
Sign Meanings |
