A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. sgn, Fenwick, Isabella. ins, Reed, Henry. sgn, Wordsworth Collection · Oxford, J. H. Parker · leaf 40
steps of the Altar, then the usual place. The word ambo is explainedby Ducange as Pulpitum, tri-bunal Ecclesise, ad quod gradi-bus ascenditur. (Gall. Jube.)Durandus in his Rationale says, Dicitur autem ambo — quiagradibus ambitur •/ and he addsthat in some churches it wasplaced in the middle of… … Ambo, St. Clements Church, Roiii«, fvom Ciampin ^ Archseologia, vol. x, p. 323. 18 AMBRY—ANCONES. and from tlie lower the Epistle. There still remain someexamples of the ancient ambo in the churches of St. Clement,St. PancratiuSj and St. LaurentiuSj at Rome. Ambonem ibi vilem aspiciens, cryptis…
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