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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Chapter I. The Original Import of the Rite of Baptism 1
II. Methods of Administration of the Rite of Baptism 5
III. The Baptistery and its Piscina 18
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
PART II
V. Classification of Fonts : Symbolism 37
VI. Fonts with Appendages and Accessories 60
VII. Fonts of Gold, Silver, Bronze, Pewter, Brick, and Lead 75
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
IX. Inscriptions on Fonts 107
PART III
X. Pre-Conquest Fonts 119
XI. Font Design in the Twelfth Century 144
XII. " " Thirteenth Century 206
XIII. " " Fourteenth Century 227
XIV. " " Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries 241
XV. Post-Reformation Fonts 265
XVI. Desecration and Destruction of Fonts 275
PART IV
XVII. Font Covers 281
Index Locorum 315
Index Rerum 343
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