[218] Binterim, Denkw., ii. 589.
[219] De Jej., c. 1, 2, 5, 9, 12, 17.
[220] Hieronymus, Epist. 27 ad Marcellam.
[221] Can. Arab., 22.
[222] Constit. Apost., 5, 18.
[223] Peregr. Silviæ, c. 28, 4.
[224] Hom. de Statius, 3, 4.
[225] Decr. ad Bulg. Epist. 97, c. 4; Migne, Patr. Lat., xcvii. 980. Binterim, Denkw. v. 2, 160 seqq. Dist. 3, de consecr. de esu carnium. Dist. 5, c. Quia dies.
[226] Ferrari, Prompta Bibl., art. Abstinentia, 1, 42.
[227] Since the fasts were very strictly observed in the Middle Ages, it was a custom to have an especially good meal in the day or evening before they began. Hence the German expression “Fastnacht.” Unfortunately the Fastnacht is not limited nowadays to one night, but lasts for three days, and even, where possible, right into Ash-Wednesday.