Across many industries, merchants utilized many different methods to sell their products to traders. Most sold products that were necessities for the everyday life of citizens, like food. Other merchants sold products that were used for leisure, worship, or for buyers to trade to someone else. Whether through a truthful and simple trade or an unethical and devious lie, the goal of a merchant is to sell their products.

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The Digital Florentine Codex discusses many types of sellers. However, each description of a seller provides the “bad” version of them. These descriptions mention the process of how they sell, including the lies they relay to their buyers, the material used within their products, and their disrespectful mannerisms.