Note 113 — Chapter II · THE COLLEGES
Reading edition
The Bible-clerks (bibliotistae) were so called because it was their duty to read the Scriptures in hall at meal time: they were a sort of poorer scholar or ‘sizar,’ see iv. p. 219.
Reading edition
The Bible-clerks (bibliotistae) were so called because it was their duty to read the Scriptures in hall at meal time: they were a sort of poorer scholar or ‘sizar,’ see iv. p. 219.