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Pulpit in the Church of S. Giovanni, Ravello.
The church of San Giovanni del Toro also dates from the time of King Roger. The story of Jonah will be seen again depicted here.
LXXI.
Ambo in S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome.
The Basilica of S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura was originally only an oratory over the Catacombs of S. Cyriaca, and was said to have been founded by Constantine about A.D. 330. It was enlarged and partly rebuilt in the fifth and sixth centuries, and in 1216 was again remodeled by Honorius III, who built the present long nave and its portico, raised the chancel, and filled up with rubbish the lower church. It is thus a grand collection of details of various periods, but all of much interest.
Its two ambos stand on each side of the raised portion of the floor which corresponds to the choir in the Basilica of Honorius. The Gospel was chanted from the one on the south side with the reading desk turned towards the choir; and the Epistle from the one on the north, with a single desk towards the high altar. Before the Gospel ambo is a fine mosaic candelabrum standing on a Roman cippus reversed, having an olive branch and birds sculptured on it.
The pavement as well as the work upon these two ambos is in the style of the Cosmati.
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Pulpit in the Cathedral at Messina, Sicily.