medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Revd Gordon Plumb wrote:
>
> Jon Cannon said he did not know of any pulpits before the 15th
> Century. G R Owst, Preaching in Medieval England, Cambridge, 1926,
> NY, Russell & Russell, 1965, p 161 fn 1 lists pulpits at Fulbourn
> (Cambs), Meoolr (Derbys) and Upper Winchendon (Bucks) as being mid
> 14th C. The index sv "pulpits" is worth consulting. On the previous
> page he says:
>
> "Mention of the pulpit as part of the furniture of churches serves to
> remind us that it too was evolved from earlier forms. 'Debet autum
> predicator in loco eminentiori esse, sicut et evangelium legens,'
> says Durandus. In pointing to the "gospel" ambo as the most suitable
> spot from which to deliver a sermon in church, he is also pointing to
> the probable archetype of "pulpitum" as screen and "pulpitum" as
> ordinary pulpit."
Introducing the term 'gospel ambo' just presents us with another undefined
entity!
John Briggs
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