This is a partial part of CATECHISM OF PERSEVERANCE : AN HISTORICAL, DOCTRINAL,MORAL, AND LITURGICAL EXPOSITION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION Translated from the French of Mgr Gaume by REV. F. B. JAMISON - COURSE SECOND - CHAPTER 38 – Showing that Communion in the Hand was the original form of communication in the early Catholic Church.
Communion in the hand was the Godly imitation of obeying Jesus "Take and Eat
Sorry I cannot size it correctly but it says Take and eat so they took in their hand, not "open your mouth and stickout your tongue".