BURMESE TEAK LECTERN / PULPIT / PODIUM / TABLE FOR CHURCH IN SOUTH AFRICA

Burmese Teak Lectern table, antique, very good condition. for church. Wikipedia, the encyclopedia: A lectern (from the Latin lectus, past participle of legere, "to read") is a reading desk, with a slanted top, usually placed on a stand or affixed to some other form of support, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading, lecture, or sermon. To facilitate eye-contact and improve posture when facing an audience, lecterns may have adjustable height and slant. People generally use lecterns while standing. In pre-modern usage, the word lectern was used to refer specifically to the "reading desk or stand... from which the Scripture lessons (lectiones)... are chanted or read." [1] One dictionary states that "the term is properly applied only to the class mentioned [church book stands] as independent of the pulpit." [2] By the s, however, the term was being used in a broader sense, for example, in reference to a memorial service in Carnegie Hall, it was stated that "the lectern from which the speakers talked was enveloped in black R Neg