Annotated Ritual of the Eucharist

The PRIEST gives the lance to the DEACON to hold, and takes the
ewer from the child, and sprinkles the PRIESTESS, making five
crosses, forehead, shoulders, and thighs. 46 (The thumb of the
PRIEST is always between his index and medius, whenever he is not
holding the Lance. 47 )
The PRIEST takes the censer from the child, and makes five crosses, as
before. 48
The children replace their weapons on their respective altars. 49
The PRIEST kisses The Book of the Law three times.
He kneels for a space in adoration, with joined hands, knuckles closed,
thumb in position aforesaid. 50
He rises, and draws the veil over the whole altar. 51
All rise and stand to order. (With the Dieu Garde, that is, feet square,
hands, with linked thumbs, held loosely. This is the universal
position when standing, unless other direction is given.) 52
The PRIEST takes the lance from the DEACON, and holds it as before,
as Osiris or Pthah. He circumambulates the Temple three times,
followed by the DEACON and the children as before. 53 (These, when
not using their hands, keep their arms crossed upon their breasts. 54 )
45 The open pages of the book should be towards the Priest, who will thus kiss the text, rather than the cover,
at the conclusion of the following sequence.
46 Use the configuration of crosses specified in section VI:
1
3 2
5 4
47 This hand position is known traditionally as the ficus, and alludes to generative and magical power.
48 It may be necessary to add incense to the censer for this action.
49 They may wait until the Priest kneels before they do so.
50 I.e. he makes the ficus with each of his two hands, and places them together, so that the heels and knuckles of
the hands are against one another. He may kiss his hands towards the book. (See note 27.)
51 As when the Priestess vests the Priest, this arrangement of textiles should be carefully attended to and not
rushed. Be sure that the veil is properly closed.
52 There is no real reason for the people to have been sitting at this point, since they will have needed to be on
their feet as recently as the Hailing Sign at the beginning of section IV. Still, the rubric regarding the Dieu
Garde is important.
53 The Deacon follows the Priest immediately, and the positive child precedes the negative, as when they
circumambulated with the Priestess.
54 This instruction pertains to the children, although the Deacon may also take that posture when at rest.
Liber XV with Practical Annotations by T Polyphilus, Ep. Gn. 10