PULPIT

A Pulpit is an elevated and enclosed platform from which the sermon is delivered during the church service. Pulpits have been executed in every style and from every building material that was in vogue at the time of their execution, from elaborately carved stone to intricate forms in wrought iron. In the 9th century two desks called ambos were provided in Christian churches—one for reading from the Gospels, the other for reading from the Epistles of the New Testament. The former, which became increasingly ornate, was the forerunner of the pulpit.

SANTA ANNA CHURCH PULPIT
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Acknowledgement: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483218/pulpit