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When at the cathedra and even when standing, the Priest holds a "mappula" (gremiale).
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In earlier ages the maniple was called by various names: mappula, sudarium, mantile, fano, manuale, sestace, and manipulus, appellations which indicate to some extent its original purpose.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The pallialinostima spoken of in the lives of Popes Sylvester and Zosimus, which appeared at this date in the "Liber Pontificalis", can be explained with most probability as references to the ornamental vestment called later mappula and manipulus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The subdeacon then had no humeral veil, but rather held the paten with the pall (mappula, palla, sudarium), the forerunner of our chalice veil, the ends of which were thrown over the right shoulder.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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While the Gospel is being sung, the Priest stands at the Cathedra holding the mappula.
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About the close of the sixth century under the name of mappula it was also worn by the priests and deacons of Ravenna. (cf.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
ruzuzu commented on the word mappula
The third example for mappula has an interesting list of alternate names for the maniple:
"In earlier ages the maniple was called by various names: mappula, sudarium, mantile, fano, manuale, sestace, and manipulus, appellations which indicate to some extent its original purpose."
—The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
January 4, 2011