See also:

• LECTERN (through 0. Fr. leitrun, from Late Lat. lectrum, or leclrinnna, legere, to read; the French equivalent is lutrin; Ital. leggio; Ger. Lesepult)

LECTERN (through 0. Fr. leitrun, from See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. lectrum, or leclrinnna, legere, to read; the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent is lutrin; Ital. leggio; Ger. Lesepult)  , in the See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture of certain See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian churches, a See also:

• READING

reading-See also:

• DESK (from Lat. discus, quoit, in med. sense of " table," cf. " dish " and Ger. Tisch, table, from same source)

desk, used more especially for the reading of the lessons and in the See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church practically confined to that purpose . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Christian Church this was done from the See also:

• AMBO, or AMBON (Gr. altswv, from avasatvew, to walk up, the reading-desk of early Basilican churches, also called 7r'p'yoc. Originally small and movable, it was afterwards made of large proportions and fixed in one place. In the Byzantine and early Romane

ambo (q.v.), but in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, when the books were often of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SIZE

size, it became necessary to provide a See also:

• LECTERN (through 0. Fr. leitrun, from Late Lat. lectrum, or leclrinnna, legere, to read; the French equivalent is lutrin; Ital. leggio; Ger. Lesepult)

lectern to hold them . These were either in See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood or See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, and many See also:

• FINE

fine examples still exist; one at Detling in wood, in which there are shelves on all four sides to hold books, is perhaps the most elaborate . See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

Brass lecterns, as in the colleges of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford and See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, are See also:

• COMMON

common; in the usual type the See also:

• BOOK

book is supported on the outspread wings of an See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle or See also:

• PELICAN (Fr. Pelican; Lat. Pelecanus or Pelicanus)

pelican, which is raised on a moulded See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, carried on three projecting ledges or feet with lions on them . In the example in See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, the pelican supporting the book stands on a See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock enclosed with a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich cresting of See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• TABERNACLE
• TABERNACLE (Lat. tabernaculum, a hut, tent)

tabernacle See also:

• WORK

work; the central stem or See also:

• PILLAR (0. Fr. piler, Mod. pilier, Late Lat. pilare, from pila, column)

pillar, on which this rests, is supported by See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature projecting buttresses, See also:

• STANDING

standing on a moulded See also:

• BASE

base with lions on it .