Ecclesiastical art in Germany during the middle ages (1873)
Lübke, Wilhelm, 1826-1893, Wheatley, L. A. (Leonard Abercrombie), 1835-1895 · Edinburgh, T. C. Jack; [etc., etc.] · leaf 44
nave, was placed the altar for the laity, from which two steps lead to two desks ( ambons ), where the gospel and the epistle were read to the people ; therefore the name lettern (lectorium) has remained in Germany for this balustrade. Such screens are found, for example, in the cathedral at… … Fig. 1 7 -—Transverse section of the Basilica. Fig. 18. — Church at Gernrode (ground plan). At the east end, attached to the centre square, and of the same height, was a raised rectangular space, often square, which in a certain manner was a continuation of the nave on the other side 'of the…
Church architecture · Church furniture
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