Fonts and font covers
Publisher: Frowde
Published: 1908
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: PART I; title: Chapter I. The Original Import of the Rite of Baptism 1; title: II. Methods of Administration of the Rite of Baptism 5; title: III. The Baptistery and its Piscina 18; title: IV. Transformation of the Baptistery Tank into a Tub Font, a Font on Legs, a Pedestal Font, a Chalice Font, a Metal Basin or an Earthenware Bowl 26; title: PART II; title: V. Classification of Fonts : Symbolism 37; title: VI. Fonts with Appendages and Accessories 60; title: VII. Fonts of Gold, Silver, Bronze, Pewter, Brick, and Lead 75; title: VIII. Position of Fonts. Construction and Dimensions of Fonts. Plinth and Steps. Fonts Recut or Mounted. Conversion of Altars, Columns, and Pillar Crosses into Fonts 88; title: IX. Inscriptions on Fonts 107; title: PART III; title: X. Pre-Conquest Fonts 119; title: XI. Font Design in the Twelfth Century 144; title: XII. " " Thirteenth Century 206; title: XIII. " " Fourteenth Century 227; title: XIV. " " Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries 241; title: XV. Post-Reformation Fonts 265; title: XVI. Desecration and Destruction of Fonts 275; title: PART IV; title: XVII. Font Covers 281; title: Index Locorum 315; title: Index Rerum 343