f representing nature. Femur, the plane space between the cavi- /i rvt n M ties of a ti-iglyph, marked a in the engraving;the word signifies a thigh. Font (in architecture and sculpture), avessel of marble or stone, in which the waterfor Christian baptism is contained, in thechurch or baptistery.… … removed, in the spirit of modern improvement,from the church of St. Peter in the East, Ox-ford, exhibited proofs of an antiquity nearly asearly. The font of St. Marys church, Lin-coln, dated ISiO, is handsome and of good proportions, as is the elaborately sculptured onein Winchester Cathedral. The…
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