^{page 217 note *} I. Chron. xxii. 5.

page 217 note † Sir Frederic Burton, Mr. Scharf, C.B., and Mr. A. W. Franks, incline to the view that this triptych is North German. I would like, however, to point out that if the picture of the Martyrdom of S. Erasmus by John Holynburne, which is in the possession of the Society, is English, and which is dated 1474, there seems to be a faint hope that this triptych is also English. Several architectural features in the landscape of each are singularly alike; the triptych is, however, of later date.

page 217 note ‡ Hutchins's History of Dorset, ed. 1870, vol. iv. pp. 294–5.

^{page 218 note *} Hutchins's History of Dorset, ed. 1870, vol. iv. p. 295.

page 218 note † The whole triptych when the doors are open, and including the narrow moulded frame, measures 9 feet 1 inch in width by 3 feet 4½ inches in height.

page 218 note ‡ S. John xi. 1–46.

page 218 note § History of Our Lord, 1881, vol. i. p. 356.

^{page 219 note *} Extra Series, vol. xxvii. pp. 289–310.

page 219 note † S. John, xi.

page 219 note ‡ According to S. Thomas Aquinas, Lazarus signifies helped. Of all the dead which our Lord raised, he was most helped, for he had lain dead four days when Our Lord raised him to life.—Catena Aurea, S. Joan, cap. xi.

page 219 note § S. Mark, iii. 5, and S. Luke, vi. 6 and 8.

page 220 note † The three pieces of baudekyn cloth in the centre compartment of this triptych form part of the three magnificent dresses of Mary and Martha of Bethany, and of one of the Jews who “came to Martha and Mary to comfort them.” Each piece is different in pattern, and the rich silk woven with gold, which forms a magnificent brocade, is painted with considerable care.

page 220 note † Dan. vii. 9.

page 220 note ‡ S. Luke, xxiv. 29.

page 220 note § Routh, Reliquiæ Sacræ, vol. iii. p. 515.

page 220 note ‖ Chap. ix. 1 to 41.

page 220 note ¶ Chap. ix. 17 to 29.

^{page 221 note *} Biblia Pauperum, reproduced in facsimile by J. Ph. Berjean, London, 1859, p. 25, and Plate III.

page 221 note † S. Austin of Hippo says, “the blind man here is the human race. Blindness came upon the first man by reason of sin, and from him we all derive it, i. e., man is blind from birth.”—Tr. xliv. 1, 2.

page 221 note ‡ Chap. vii. 11 to 17.

page 221 note § Chap. v. 24 to 34.

page 221 note ‖ Chap. v. 22 to 24 and 35 to 43.

^{page 222 note *} This no doubt is an allusion to the words, “He commanded that something be given her to eat.”

page 222 note † Life of Our Lord, 1881, vol. i. p. 362.

^{page 223 note *} Eleven is the symbol of all transgression, because this number is the first which oversteps that of the Ten Commandments. Thus the twenty-two portions of the 118 Psalm (119), which is said daily in the Roman breviary, are considered as a double trespass offering. The trespass offering of the poorest Israelite consisted of two pigeons.

^{page 236 note *} The only bishop of Ardfert at all approaching the approximate date of this seal is thus recorded by Ware (Ireland, vol. ii. p. 522):—

“One Nicholas was bishop of Ardfert in the years 1420 and 1431. But I find no account either of the time of his consecration or of the time of his death.”

Another Nicholas (p. 521) was bishop, 1285–1287. He was succeeded by yet another Nicholas, 1288–1336.

Nicholas Kenan was bishop of Ardfert from 1588–1599.

^{page 243 note *} (I) Luxemburg, (2) De Baux, (3) Cyprus, (4) Ursine, (5) St. Paul, (6) Wydville.