maniple
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Searchable Lemmata: manipulus (L), manipal (Ir), maniple (ME), maniple (MdE).
Alternate Forms: manipulam, manipulum, manipulo, manipulos, manipla, manipulis, manipeil, mainiopal.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Accessory;
in cloth and clothing contexts: originally a napkin or cloth used for wiping the vessels used in the performance of mass, developed by at least the late Anglo-Saxon period into an ornamented band used as a vestment; worn by priests, deacons and sub-deacons over the left forearm near the wrist, developing a symbolic meaning of patience in adversity.(ante 1000 still in current use)
1. Vestimentum Ricardi Episcopi habet paruras de rubeo sameto breudato cum leonibus incedentibus caudis erectis et floribus interlaqueatis. Stola et manipulus de eodem panno, in quorum extremitatibus breudatur arbor cum duabus avibus et leonibus. Amictus est de aurifrigio puro cum barris de margaritis. ...
Vestimentum aliud ejusdem habet paruras indici sameti breudatas leonibus, aquilis, arboribus sibimet superpositis. Stola et manipulus ejusdem sameti breudantur ymaginibus. In eorum extremitatibus breudatur Thomas et Paulus; Erkenwaldus et Ricardus episcopus. Medium amicti de filo auri tracto florigeratum margaritis. Urlatur aurifrigio stricto in extremitatibus adaucto.
Accounts.
[LexP Invent. S. Paul. (Simpson) (515) 1402]
3. [20] ... The gyrdel be-tokenz conscience, that Criste commandez [L imposuit] prestes ... [23] ... Uestimentes ordeynde by prestes techen vs hou a preste awe to be arayede inwardly in soule.The maniple or phanone in the lefte hande be-tokenez pacyence in aduersite, that es betokende by the lyfte syde ... [25] ... The stoole strenynge the breste in maner of the cros be-tokenez that he owez not to be schamede of the cros of Criste
Ecclesiastic/Regula.
[MED Spec.Chr. (2) ((Hrl 6580) 180/20-25) circa 1450]
Sex: Male Use: Ecclesiastical Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: Arm, Back, Chest.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Old/Middle French maniple, manipule (no attested AF forms).
WF:
Etym Cog: manipule (OF).
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Art and Illustration:
A narrow vestment, often made in a set with the stole as inventories of church treasures make clear. The maniple might be very elaborate, embroidered and edged with braids. The matching stole and maniple found among the relics of St Cuthbert date to the early tenth century and are among the treasures of Anglo-Saxon art. They were embroidered with coloured silks and spun gold on a red silk ground. The maniple depicts two popes and their deacons. A fragmentary, possibly twelfth-century stole and maniple set from the tomb of WIlliam of Blois in Worcester Cathedral probably depicted four prophets in silk and silver-gilt embroidery. Maniples were among the treasures enumerated in the 1245 Inventory of St Paul's Cathedral.
