Printer
LVI. He beareth a Printer Working at his Printing=Press. Printing as some Authors have it, was used in China, and Prester John, above a 1000 Years since; though it was not known in this part of the World till about the Year 1430. In which infancie the Letters were cut in Wooden blocks altogether, by one Laurensz Jansz Koster of Harlem, who after left Wood off, and cut letters in Steel and cast them in Mettle: yet John Gutenberg of Mentz in Germany promotes his claim to the first invention of this Art by single Letters before Koster, and is more generally accepted to be so.
After this it was practized in Oxford in the Year 1461 and in London 1471 and about 1480 it began to be received into Venice, Italy and Germany, and other places in these Western parts of the World: insomuch that it is now disputed whether Topography and Architecture may not be accounted Liberal Sciences being so famous Arts.
Related text(s) Print workmen Printer's press Printer's letter sizes Printer's letter terms Printer's corrections Punctuation points Printer's equipment Printer's terms Printer's chapel Chapel payments
Barber
LVII. He beareth a Barber bare headed,
with a pair of Cisers in his right hand, and a Comb
in his left, cloathed in Russet, his Apron Cheque.
A Barber is always known by
his Cheque parti-coloured Apron, therefore it needs
not mentioning; neither can he be termed a Barber
(or Poller or Shaver, as anciently they were called)
till his Apron be about him.
Related text(s) Barber's equipment Barber's terms Barber's terms
Feltmaker
LVIII. He beareth on a Ground Plot, or
Mount in Base, a Feltmaker, Walking of a Hat
on his Plank, [with] the Pot to receive his Liquor,
[and wearing] his Shirt or Wastcoat.
Related text(s) Hatter's terms Hat types
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