Ambo

Ambo (Gr. ambōn), a kind of reading-desk or pulpit, which in early churches was placed in the choir. The epistle and gospel were read from the ambo, and sermons were sometimes preached from it. The ambo had two ascents—one from the east, and the other from the west. In the Roman churches there were two ambos, one on each side of the choir, from one of which the gospel was read, and from the other the epistle. The name ambo was also given to an eagle-shaped reading-desk.