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A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)

Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 184

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s of fonts varied con-siderably in different ages, and in thesame age in different districts; in many instances, when the fontsin neighbouring churches are of the same date, there is suchclose resemblance between them as to lead to the conviction thatthey are all the work of the same hand1. No… … Monksilver, Somersetshire p The font at Canterbury is recordedto have been of silver, and it was some-times removed to Westminster on theoccasion of a royal christening. That inHolyrood chapel, which was used for thebaptism of the children of the kings ofScotland, was of brass ; it was…

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