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salvamappa

salvamappa, ~napa [LL salvare+CL mappa, LL napa; al. div.; cf. AN sauvenape, ME savenap], cloth runner placed over a tablecloth to protect it, napkin, towel. 1306 item ij sauvenap' pro ij d. ob. Rec. Leic. I 369; 1313 pro nappis et sauvenapys emptis apud London' xxx s. vij d. (Comp. Pri. Bolton) Arch. Soc. Yorks rec. ser. CLIV 342; c1314 xliij li. xvij d. in mappis, manutergiis, salvismappis, et supermappis (DL MinAc) EHR XLII 198; 1325 de ‥ ij mappis, ij manuterg', iij saunap' prec' iij s. MinAc 1126/5 r. 2; 1328 j sanenappus [l. savenappus] vij ulnarum de linea tela precii v d. Reg. Exon. 567; 1338 j mappa cum salva mappa Ac. Durh. 199; c1350 Ade Blount pro ‥ sex saunapis pro refectorio consuendis Ib. 550; 1385 lego ‥ j mappam mensalem cum j tuallio et savenappa Reg. Heref. 77.

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