Themed images for Pulpit.

Mon, 09/07/2015 - 14:27 - Pulpit from where Galileo was first denounced - Santa Maria Novella, Florence 07/09/2015
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Pulpit designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and made by his son Andrea Cavalcante di Lazzaro in the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence. It is from this pulpit that Galileo Galilei work was attacked by Tommaso Caccini in 1614.

Sat, 11/15/2008 - 14:57 - Jacobean triple level pulpit. The pulpit and box pews behind it are early 17th century. The pews in front are medieval, the lower level rests were for elbows, as the congregation would not have had books. Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Leodegarius. Ashby St. Ledgers, Northamptonshire 09/11/2008.
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This Jacobean pulpit at Ashby St Ledger has three tiers. The parish clerk would sit in the lower tier, the middle tier was used for the reading, and the top tier for the surmon. Pulpits of this type are rare survivors.

 

Sun, 01/18/2009 - 12:37 - This octagonal pulpit with inlaid panels is dated 1790. Parish church of St. Peter Wolfhampcote, Warwickshire. Due to the small population of the parish St. Peter's has been closed and reopened a number of times during the last 150 years. It finally ceased to hold any regular services in the 1950s. Nowadays it is owned by the Churches Conservation Trust, and remains a consecrated building, although services are only held here once a year. The church originally served the nearby medieval village which was abandoned some time during the 14th century. After which the church continued to serve the villages of Flecknoe, Sawbridge, and Nethercote.
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Pulpit of 1790 at St Peter's church Wolfhampcote. The church ceased to hold regular services in the 1950s and is now maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust.