A certainabbot, namedMoses, thus testifieth of himself in the Collations of Cassianus, that he so afflictedhimself with muchfasting and watching, that sometimes, for two or threedaystogether, not only he felt no appetite to eat, but also had no remembrance of any meatat all [ …]
When the hymn was over the Sacrist was to strike the table for collation, and the Deacon to enter with the Gospel, preceded by threeconverts, carrying the candlestick and censer.
Yes, absolutely; supper, at least in Englishtradition, was a coldcollation, left out by cookbeforeretiring.