Pulpit (Church)

Medieval Chair

The pulpit of Henry II (year 1014) of the Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle

The pulpit (from Latin , seat) was originally the seat of a bishop in his church (now referred to as cathedra ).

• As furniture , the Middle Age ( XIII ^century ) it means a wood seat with high back and armrests filled householder reserved. It has no canopy until the ^fifteenth century.

The pulpit has symbolized the civil authority and teaching of the bishop , which led to two derived meanings:

• architecture, the chair also appoints the rostrum of the preacher in a church ;
• the term refers to the position of a teacher responsible for teaching a subject in university education.

Until the ^seventeenth century , were used interchangeably the words "chair" or "chair", the distinction between the two terms are not permanently fixed at that time ^{Location of the pulpit in a church}

Indoor Chair

Chair of the Church of Nysted , in Denmark

Architecturally, a church is a large room that can accommodate a large crowd, massed in the nave (the long part of the church). The pulpit is a point where we can address this audience, at a time when the microphone did not exist. It is usually located in the middle of the nave, along a wall or pillar, so the preacher can be heard by as many people as possible.

Traditionally, it is "on the side of the gospel" (thus left to the observer, the north side if the church is oriented) in normal churches. In contrast, in the cathedrals, the normal position is opposite the papal throne, so right (south aisle). In churches the rood screen, it was primarily the role of the chair, so those in it were added later.

External Chair

• One of the three chairs is located outside of France at Notre-Dame de Saint-L in the English Channel.
• A chair is placed outside the cathedral of Prato , for presentations of ostentatious Sacro Cingolo the crowd of pilgrims.

Chair outside of Our Lady and Saint-L

Outdoor Chair of Donatello and Michelozzo to Prato

The outdoor pulpit of St. John of Capistrano in Vienna

Baroque Chair

Baroque art is for religious architecture above all an art triumphant. Stemming from the Counter-Reformation in Catholic countries, he staged the different views of the church , whose pulpit is also essential. It must impress the audience of the faithful. It is often topped on the sounding of angels, trumpets, instruments, etc ... to accompany speech and preaching. The dove of the Holy Spirit is often depicted to symbolize the divine inspiration of the sermon , and the sun of the Holy Trinity, which illuminates the hearts and minds.

The Chair of Saint Peter (Vienna, Austria) topped the Holy Trinity	The neo-baroque pulpit of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Vilnius	The pulpit of the church of the Abbey Grssau	The pulpit of the Church of Gutenzell in Upper Swabia
The chair of the pilgrimage church of Bergatreute near Regensburg surmounted by the dove of the Holy Spirit	The chair of the Collegiate Church Sainte-Anne in Cracow	the chair of the Basilica Weingarten surrounded by trompe l'oeil draperies	The chair of the Church of St. Mary of Steyr

References

• Christian architecture portal

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