I wonder whether the ceremony is borrowed from lay sources, perhaps late
imperial practice. There are other papal ceremonials which came to my
mind while reading Michael McCormack's book Eternal Victory. (The use of
the term *statio* for example.) Much of papal ceremonial remained
unpublished until late. Agostino Patrizzi's Ceremoniale, which was
reprinted by Gregg in the 1960s, seems to be the first such to have
reached a larger audience.
tom izbicki
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