The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 67
ame what they now are, that is, a kind of small erectionabove the level of the floor—piscinas, shells (casques), or basins, recalling toour minds, though on a reduced scale, the primitive baptistries. They wereplaced inside the church, either near the entrance, or in one of the side-chapels. At… … in the Choir of the Cathedral of Rouen (Fifteenth Century). were placed at the entrance to the church, and generally assumed theform of a shell, or of a large amphora, when not made simply of a hollowedstone to recall the ancient baptismal vessels. We must not overlook the altar and…
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