A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 18
inds,Lydgate used the word for coveredwalks in the streets. [See Ambu-latory.] Ambo (Gr. possibly from anabmnetn = to ascend), akind of pulpit. Zosi-mus and Socrates thehistorians inform us,that St. Chrysostompreached from theAmbo, for the greaterconvenience of thepeople. St. Angustinalso tells us,… … A. Alur. 1). Fiuapet- M, MacMcoialieu.
