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A Romanesque baptismal font from Grötlingbo Church, Sweden, carved by Sigraf, a master stone sculptor who specialised in baptismal fonts. A modern baptismal font in the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, constructed in 2008. A baptismal font is an ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water ...
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The baptismal font at St Bartholomew's Church, Liège is a Romanesque brass or bronze baptismal font made between 1107 and 1118 now in the Collegiate Church of St. Bartholomew in Liège, Belgium. The font is a major masterpiece of Mosan art , remarkable for the classicism of its style, whose origin has been the subject of great debate among art ...
[2] [3] The font is made from solid silver and partly giltet to give the appearance of gold. The bottom has a relief of the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist. [2] The Royal Baptismal Font is used with the associated royal baptismal set, which consist of a basin, a ewer for baptismal water and two candlesticks, all of solid gold. [4]
A holy water font or stoup is a vessel containing holy water which is generally placed near the entrance of a church. It is often placed at the base of a crucifix or other Christian art . It is used in Catholic , as well as many Lutheran and Anglican churches, to make the sign of the cross using the holy water upon entrance of the church. [ 1 ]
The font in Winchester Cathedral – the "most famous" of the Tournai fonts in England [14] – illustrates scenes from the life of St Nicholas of Myra on two faces, with three roundels of birds on the third and a roundel of a quadruped with birds on either side on the fourth. [14] It is the only font in the cathedral, and is located in the nave.