A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 32
an the 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… … nbo, St. Clom<MU» (Ihik-Ii Rome, fnun Cinmpin k Archaeologia, vol. x. p. 32.3.U IS AMBRY—ANCONES. and from the lower the Bpistie. Tliere still remain someexamples of the ancient ambo in the churches of St. Clement,St. Pancratius, and St. Laurentius, at Rome. Ambnmm il>i \ ilrm asjiicitn^…
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