A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 47
Font of Black Marble, at Nouvion-le-A^ineux, near Laon(Aisne), France; 12th Century. door the font was placed to its left, and there-fore nearer the west front; and this arrangementcontinues in modern times, except where a bap-tismal chapel exists. The modern font, as a56 H< a- … £ <^ CL c. FONTAINE general rule, eorresijmids with the arehiteeturaldetails of the church in which it is placed. Itshoulil be large, of good material, provided witlia drain and cover, anil it is well to raise itabove the door on an elevated plat-form with one or more steps. Itsdimension is not…
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