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Preferred term

Ambos  

Definition

  • Elevated pulpits particularly associated with early Christian churches, where there were often two (one on the north for reading the Epistle and one on the south for reading the Gospel)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ambones
  • Desks, reading, ambos
  • Lecterns, ambos
  • Podiums, ambos
  • Pulpits, ambos
  • Reading desks, ambos
  • Reading stands, ambos
  • Stands, reading, ambos

Notation

  • 117714

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-D1K2865X-L

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