... the Cathedral are preserved the accounts of the materials used in this painting, the prices of the colours, and the wages paid to the workmen. The name of the principal artist was Walter; he is dignified by the name of "Pictor," but he only received Eightpence per week, "praeter mensam et robam" the "roba" being the painter's dress of the period, which was very like a modern gentleman's dressing gown. The colouring of this "Walter" between ... — Ely Cathedral • Anonymous