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Pulpit Fall

Modern pulpit fall, gift by the people,from Folkstone for welcoming war evacuees, baptist chapel of  Llanddewi Rhydderch. Modern pulpit fall, gift by the people,from Folkstone for welcoming war evacuees, baptist chapel of Llanddewi Rhydderch.

A pulpit is the raised stand in a Christian church that is used during a liturgical service for sermons, readings, and so forth. A pulpit fall is a piece of cloth that hangs down in front of the pulpit. The pulpit fall is often decorated with embroidery of some kind and may come in a variety of different colours, depending on the time of the (liturgical) year and the occasion (a funeral, for example, may have a black pulpit fall).

A pulpit fall is also known as an antependium (Latin: ante- and pendere, meaning ‘to hang before’).

See also almemorbimah cover, lectern fall.

Digital source of illustration (retrieved 9 July 2016).

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Last modified on Sunday, 04 September 2016 13:20