Dexter Sinister

I was reading a book on Heraldry last night for a logo client. Apparently the name of Dexter Sinister, your favorite bookseller and mine, comes from old heraldry terminology: Dexter means “right of the bearer of the arms, and to the left by the viewer’s eyes” of the shield, while Sinister means ” to the left of the bearer of the arms, and to the right by the viewer’s eyes”.

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March 25th, 2009 by Pieratt

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