I think de Beatis means the bed was about twenty-six feet by twenty feet, which is 503 square feet. A twin bed is about twenty square feet, so the bed could pro

I think de Beatis means the bed was about twenty-six feet by twenty feet, which is 503 square feet. A twin bed is about twenty square feet, so the bed could probably only fit twenty-five people comfortably. Durer was wrong! Oh, please. They said nothing about the fifty people being comfortable. Besides, you can absolutely fit 2 people into a twin bed. Plus, people were generally smaller a few hundred years ago than they are now. As I understand it, this is part of why older buildings so often have ceilings that are too low -- because we are generally taller than our ancestors were. (And this is without even getting into how hand-wavy old measures were).