ambones

The inconvenience of having one ambo soon became manifest, and in consequence in many churches two ambones were erected.

Ambos, or Ambones 2009

The basic form here is comparable to other historical ambones, but what I was intrigued by in particular in this instance was the imagery, and so I looked up further images of it:

Ambos, or Ambones 2009

Next to these the largest masses are a circular tablet, forming part of the splendid sheathing of one of the ambones in the Church of San Lorenzo; and two elliptical tablets, still larger, engrafted upon the pilasters in front of the high altar of St. Paul's.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

In the ancient churches there were generally in the _chorus_ or choir two ambones, one from which at solemn masses the lector and at a later period the subdeacon used to sing the gospel, with his face usually turned towards that side of the church, where the _men_ were assembled; at Rome this was generally the south side.

The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs

[Sidenote: Review of the ceremonies of the mass.] [Sidenote: Mass of the catechumens, ambones, sermons.]

The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs

The church has an enclosed choir, with two ambones or reading-desks in it, surrounding the altar, as was the custom in the older Christian churches.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

The choir screens, work of the Renaissance, are very lovely, while above them are the _ambones_, from which on a Festa the Epistle and Gospel are sung.

Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Edward Hutton 1922

Round three sides of this choir the faithful were allowed to congregate to hear the Gospels or Epistles read from the two pulpits or ambones, where were built into its enclosure, one on either side; or to hear the services which were read or sung by the inferior order of clergy who occupied its precincts.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

But the "Cærimoniale Episcoporum" still allows the use of "legilia vel ambones" if there be any in the church.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

More often, as we might expect, we find it on the façades of the Byzantine basilicas and in their adornments, such as altars, iconastases, sacred curtains for the enclosure, thrones, ambones and sacerdotal vestments.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913