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Definition of Ambones
1. ambo [n] - See also: ambo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambones
Literary usage of Ambones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lombard Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1917)
"The church-furniture of Early Christian basilicas, it is known, almost always
comprised two ambones, one for the epistle, the other for the gospel. ..."
2. Handbook to Christian and Ecclesiastical Rome by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker, Hope Malleson (1897)
"Interior of a Church—Altars—The font and holy water—Reservation— ambones and
pulpit—Lights—Iconoclastic controversy—Images and pictures—Relics. ..."
3. Italy by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1899)
"to the high-altar, are two Pulp it t (ambones) in coloured marble, one placed on
nine, ... ambones ..."
4. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1905)
"Nevertheless, it can hardly be doubted that the ambones on the choir ...
The ambones, of which fine examples still exist at Salerno and Ravello (see Plate I ..."
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