Baptismal Font

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“A Font is the vessel which contains the water for the purpose of baptism. Fonts were required to be covered and locked; originally their covers were simply flat, movable lids, but they were subsequently very highly ornamented."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Keywords

font, baptism, baptismal, baptismal font, holy water, baptise, baptize

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Ecclesiastical Furniture

Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

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