[44]. Book of the Balance of Wisdom (H. Carrington Bolton).
CHAPTER XVI
THE ELLS
The Ells are the Cubits of the modern West. They are of two kinds: the Foot-Ells, of which the Persian cubit and the Beládi cubit, divisible into 2 feet, were the types, and the Span-Ells, of 3, 4, 5 or 6 spans.
1. The Foot-Ells
In France the Aune was 4 Roman feet.
In the Italian states the Braccio was usually 2 local feet, but sometimes an Eastern cubit.
In the German and Norse states the Eln was 2 local feet.
In Spain the Covado, of 2 Burgos feet, was the Beládi cubit.