A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 47
owl wiis almost al-ways circular, no matterwhat form the exterior might Ih?. The orna-mentation varied; sometimes it was geometrical,sometimes symbolical, often hcnddic, rfnd insome cases inscriptions were employetl in adecorative way. The more usual mediaevalfonts consisted of three parts: a… … (Ais.NK), KRA^•CK; 12th CKNTIRY. door the font was placed to it« left, and there-fore nearer the west front; and this arrangementcontinut^ in mo<lern times, except when- a bap-tismid chapel exists. The modem font, as a66
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