...these houses contains at least 12 men, whilst some contain 20 and some 40, — not that these are all masters, but inclusive of the journeymen who work...that neither they nor their wives ever touch a piece of work with their own hands, but live as nicely and delicately as if they were kings and queens. The...

...these houses contains at least 12 men, whilst some contain 20 and some 40, — not that these are all masters, but inclusive of the journeymen who work...that neither they nor their wives ever touch a piece of work with their own hands, but live as nicely and delicately as if they were kings and queens. The...

...occupation, for many other cities of the kingdom are supplied from this city with what they require. The number and wealth of the merchants, and the amount...that neither they nor their wives ever touch a piece of work with their own hands, but live as nicely and delicately as if they were kings and queens. The...

...these houses contains at least 12 men, whilst some contain 20 and some 40, — not that these are all masters, but inclusive of the journeymen who work...that neither they nor their wives ever touch a piece of work with their own hands, but live as nicely and delicately as if they were kings and queens. The...

...city twelve guilds of the different crafts, and that each guild had 12,000 houses in the occupation of its workmen. Each of these houses contains at least...that neither they nor their wives ever touch a piece of work with their own hands, but live as nicely and delicately as if they were kings and queens. The...

...(Leiden, 1937), 33, 105-28. 17. Cf. L. Wieger, Textes historiques (Hsien-hsien, 1922), 2, 1639 and 1643. of goods that passed through their hands, was so enormous that no man could form a just estimate thereof. . . . Moreover it was an ordinance laid down by the King that every man should follow his father's...