vernaculum

vernaculum, ~iculum [AN vernicle, ME vernicle, vernacle, veronicle cf. LL veronica], vernicle, representation of Christ's face. 1432 duas tuniculas pro diacono et subdiacono operatas de ~iculis et stellis aureis Reg. Cant. II 467; 1436 pandoxatorii de prope suum hospitium quod in signum habet ~aculum Amund. II 115; 1444 unum vestimentum integrum de blodio welwat cum ~aculis aureis similiter contextum pro festis principalibus Deeds Newcastle 51; c1500 calix argenteus ‥ habens ‥ in patena ~aculum deauratum Invent. Ch. Ch. 128; 1527 sacrum Christi ~aculum eo loco repositum ‥ deripuit PP 195.