cēap-stōw

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cēap-stōw, f.n: marketplace. (CHAY-op-STOH / ˈtʃeːap-ˌstoːw)

Medieval manuscript image of a market square with a cross in the centre, surrounded by booths with merchants selling cloth, chickens, baskets, hogs and cattle.
Le Chevalier errant; France (Paris), c. 1400; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Français 12559, f. 167r. [expositions.bnf.fr]

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