The baptistery is a beautiful fount of carved stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Meseta Purepecha] Reference
In the baptistery is a beautiful font with a bronze cover by Tiziano Minio, Desiderio da Firenze, and Francesco. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
Recesses round the walls of the mausoleum-church contained sarcophagi: in the centre of the baptistery was the great font. From Wordnik.com. [The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church] Reference
From the 4th century to the 8th century: baptism by partial immersion in a "baptistery" began, used with a pouring of water. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
In the baptistery is a font by. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
Ruins of an early baptistery have also been found at Salona. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
It is in the great basaltic vase in the baptistery of St. John. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
Many years before Moses had been immersed in the baptistery at. From Wordnik.com. [Lancashire Idylls (1898)] Reference
The eastern of these recesses answers the purpose of a baptistery. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less] Reference
Another baptistery of the earliest times has recently been excavated at. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Nothing could be more quaintly old and modest than the baptistery of Riez. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
The second or northern pair of bronze doors of the baptistery at Florence. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
To the latter date also belongs a large baptistery decorated with mosaics at. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
In the south apse is the baptistery, built with a tower furnished with chimes. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
Many of the early archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the baptistery there. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
UPDATE: There is a second TLM every Sunday, at about 3:30 P.M., also in the baptistery. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
The baptistery of the Lateran must be the earliest ecclesiastical building still in use. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The baptistery, which stands by it, was an antient temple, said to be dedicated to Mars. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
The oldest part of the Cathedral is the baptistery, and the date of its origin is unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
In the centre of the crypt is a curious baptistery, six feet in diameter, under a peristyle. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
But there's much more - a baptistery and Newman memorial chapel, a cloister courtyard and more. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
In England, a detached baptistery is known to have been associated with the cathedral of Canterbury. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The baptistery itself stood, in the usual way, west of the tower and in the midst of the fore-court. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
During the months when there were no baptisms the baptistery doors were sealed with the bishop's seal. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
It received only a borrowed light from the baptistery, which equalled in height two stories of the tower. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
This baptistery and the organ-loft are both in the style of Louis XIV., and are said to have cost 30,000 francs. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
He has just had a baptistery, with convenient appendages, built in his place of worship, and has commenced baptizing. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916] Reference
On holy-saturday however, in addition to the rites before mentioned, the font of the baptistery is blessed by the Card. From Wordnik.com. [The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome] Reference
The beautiful doors of the baptistery of Florence were described as "worthy of being placed at the entrance of Paradise.". From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
In France the most famous early baptistery is St Jean at Poitiers, and other early examples exist at Riez, Fréjus and Aix. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
It is somewhat reminiscent of a chapter-house, baptistery, or even some monastic kitchens, though at a greatly inflated scale. From Wordnik.com. [Two Unfortunate and Unnecessary Cathedral Extensions in Australia] Reference
Near the foot of the rock, and adjoining the Mairie of Aiguilhe, is an octagonal baptistery, 12th cent., called the Temple of Diana. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
It will include conserving and protecting the stonework, repairing the stained and leaded glass and restoring the Victorian baptistery. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
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