Symbolism/meaning of 3 altar cloths in the EF

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I know that the EF requires 3 altar cloths on the altar… does anyone know why/if there is symbolism here?
 
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia

“Symbolically the altar-cloths signify the members of Christ, that is, God’s faithful, by whom the Lord is encompassed (Pontificale Rom., De ordinat. subdiaconi); or the linens in which the body of Christ was wrapped, when it was laid in the sepulchre; or the purity and the devotion of the faithful: “For the fine linen are the justifications of saints” (Revelation 19:8).”

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01351e.htm
 
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