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Lectern. A lectern is a standing reading desk with a slanted top, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading, lecture, or sermon. A lectern is usually attached to a stand or affixed to some other form of support. To facilitate eye contact and improve posture when facing an audience, lecterns ...
The Dunkeld Lectern, also known in Scotland as the Holyrood Bird, [1] [2] is a medieval brass eagle lectern. It stands approximately 1.6 metres high and takes the form of a large eagle or phoenix with outspread wings, [3] [4] with the bird perched on an orb supported by a turned shaft. Engraved on the orb, between two depictions of lions and a ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Choir (architecture) A choir, also sometimes called quire, [1] is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir. It is in the western part of the chancel, between the nave and the sanctuary, which houses the altar and Church tabernacle. In larger medieval churches it contained choir-stalls, seating ...
The chancel is generally the area used by the clergy and choir during worship, while the congregation is in the nave. Direct access may be provided by a priest's door, usually on the south side of the church. [2] This is one definition, sometimes called the "strict" one; in practice in churches where the eastern end contains other elements such ...
Eagle lectern. Stone, on the Romanesque pulpit (1207) of San Miniato al Monte, Florence. Eagle lectern at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England. An eagle lectern is a lectern in the shape of an eagle on whose outstretched wings the Bible or other texts rest. [1] They are common in Christian churches and may be in stone, wood or metal, usually brass.
An altar cloth is used in the Christian liturgy to cover the altar. It serves as a sign of reverence as well as a decoration and a protection of the altar and the sacred vessels. In the orthodox churches it is covered by the antimension, which also contains the relics of saints. Since the 2nd century the altar cloth has been seen as a symbol ...
Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. Church's paintings put an emphasis on realistic ...