schutting

Updated: May 1, 2025

Every bureau had its Schutting a spacious, windowless room which depended for light and air upon a hole in the roof, which likewise served as a vent for the smoke issuing from the hearth. It was in this room that the agents of the Hansa merchants assembled to debate on judicial or mercantile affairs.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 : (From Barbarossa to Dante)