A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 371
WATERFont, Holy-water Stone1*. When thou comes to the churche dore,Take the holy water stondand on flore. Boke of Curtasye, 1. 159. Gtwffl* *•*■ Hoii-water stoppe de argento pro aqua benedicta, cum aspersorio de argentO. Will of T. Beaufort, Duke of Exeter. 1426. Nicholls, p. 253. A slope offlede… … b A stoppe is an old name for a bucketormilking-pail,and stoupe for a drinkingvessel, which somewhat resembled theold jack. From its resemblance to abucket, the sacred vessel was called holy-water stoppe. In the Kalendars of theExchequer, 17 Edw. II. 1324, are enu-merated several estopaz pr ewe…
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