A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 242
th the pulpit, ordered by the canons of LECTERN. 225 in the services of the Roman Catholic Church arc placed; sincethe Reformation they have been seldom used in this country,but are occasionally em-ployed to hold the Bible.The principal lectern stoodin the middle of the choir,but there were… … costly hangings embroideredin the same manner as thehangings of the Altar. It isuncertain at what period thelectern came into use, but adesk of very similar kind isrepresented in two of theilluminations of the Bene-dictional of St. iEthelwold,a manuscript of the latterpart of the tenth century,…
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