A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 131
d, Cusp, Clear-story, Doorway.] Font (Lat. Fons= a spring), thevessel which con-tains the conse-crated water to beused in baptism.Ancient fonts werealways large enoughto allow of the im-mersion of infants,the hollow basinusually being abouta foot or rathermore in depth, andfrom one and a-haltto two… … jfcmt—JFrenttasan. 123 of the basin through which the water can be allowedto escape. By a constitution of Edmund, Archbishop ofCanterbury (a.d. 1236), fonts were required to be coveredand locked; at that period the covers are likely, ingeneral, to have been little more than flat moveable lids,but…
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