Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 33, Issue. 2, p. 443. The Cross was present at the Eucharist in early Christianity as an idea, a gesture, and an object. Over time, these different ...

It is a woven cloth made of cotton or wool, it may represent the lion of Juda, or some early symbol of Christianity. There are a few similar Coptic cloths on display at the British Museum.