[218]: The blanket was 3-1/2 yards long, as blankets are still.
[219]: It is given by Bishop Stubbs, in his Historical Memorials of Ely.
[220]: The beds were stuffed with hay, which the Camerarius was bound to change once a year, at the annual cleaning of the dormitory.
[221]: The remaining "Short" Offices were probably said, Sext after High Mass, and Nones at mid-day (whence our word Noon).
[222]: In this earliest type of crucifix Christ was royally crowned and robed (as in the famous Volto Santo at Lucca). See p. [288].
223: See page [274].
[224]: This is a wholly modern device. Mediæval mazes are common in Continental churches; but none are found in England.
[225]: This was the average length in the larger abbeys, notably surpassed only by the splendid dimensions of Glastonbury, where the cloisters were a square of 221 feet on each side.