A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 48
(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 … Ill FONTAINE general rule, corresponds with the architecturaldetails of the church in which it is placed. Itsho\dd be large, of good material, provided witha tlrain and cover, and it is well to raise itabove the tloor on an elevated plat-form with one or more steps. Itsdimension is not tixed, but…
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