Baptismal Fonts
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(English Summary: Baptism and Baptismal Vessels in Post-Reformation Saaremaa pp. 126-136). This article examines the changes that occured in the use and location of baptismal vessels and fonts in Saaremaa during the Early Modern... more
Ristimiskivi oli keskaegses kihelkonnakirikus üks tähtsamaid liturgilisi esemeid, mida kasutati esimese ehk ristimise sakramendi läbi viimisel. Sageli on keskaegsed ristimisnõud ka vanimateks säilinud kirikukunsti teosteks meie... more
Af de danske middelalderlige døbefonte med figurativ udsmykning udgør de østjyske løvefonte en altdominerende gruppe. 1 Der er tale om ca 180 fonte, som hovedsagelig falder i to ulige store grupper: en meget stor, hvor løverne par-vist er... more
A scripture guide with links, to bring an individual to the point of deciding to be baptized in order to become a Christian. All photos were personally taken by the author. Permission is granted to freely print and distribute this... more
Almost every aspect of the marble lavabo (lavamano), in the Florentine church of San Lorenzo, has been a subject of controversy in art-historical literature. Besides the questions of attribution and dating, opinions have diverged... more
comparing traditions of denominations with the apostles' teaching
To the sacred dead. Florentius made this monument to his worthy son Appronianus, who lived one year, nine months, and five days. Since he was dearly loved by his grandmother, and she saw that he was going to die, she asked from the church... more
San Salvatore at Barzanò, from Private Church to Baptismal Collegiate Church. A Historical, Architectural and Art-historical Enquiry During the Middle Ages Barzanò was a small village forty km northeast of Milan. The site was first... more
Written for the course 'The Church and the Arts' at Boston University, this paper uses an analysis of the design and location of six recent baptismal font installations at American Lutheran churches to explore the theological, liturgical,... more
Cuando intentamos calificar el mundo inferior que asoma entre la rica iconografía de época románica, solemos aludir a su función condenatoria y admonitoria. El "sermo rusticus" ("humilis" o "vulgaris") descuella en la relativa abundancia... more
The paper presents examples of baptismal building located in the northern part of the Provincia Apulia et Calabria: the first group is that of the urban baptisteries, which includes the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Canosa (BT), the two... more
CONTENT OF THESIS Abbreviations 3 List of Illustrations 4 Chart 1: Pictorial Programs Introduction 8 Previous Scholarship 11 CHAPTER ONE : HISTORICAL CONTEXT Dates and Provenance 14 The Changing Parameters of Iberian Society 19... more
"The purpose of this article is to examine the extrabiblical evidence from the ancient church to answer which mode of baptism was most common and whether that mode was of any consequence to the early church....The initial section of this... more
Considering the example of the Abbess Hilda, her life & ministry, as it illuminates sources of the growth of Christianity in 7th C Britain
Because one is made spiritually alive from the dead, baptism into Christ can accurately be described as a spiritual revolution of the heart.
Since 1823 the consecration date of 1129 for the Church of St. Boniface inscribed on the Freckenhorst baptismal font from the imperial convent of St. Boniface (Westphalia, Germany) has continued to be considered, by some, the date for... more
41st Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians at Art Gallery of Ontario March 25-26. Hosted by the Art Gallery of Ontario, University of Toronto and University of Toronto Mississauga. Presenting a paper "THE BALTIC CRUSADES:... more
Riassunto. Questo articolo indaga la presenza della sirena sull'acquasantiera nel Medioevo. L'esame è stato condotto sui casi conservati e oggi noti, tutti concentrati cronologicamente (XII secolo) e territorialmente (Italia del Nord). Si... more
In connection with an exhibition in British Museum marking the 850th anniversary of the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury, one of the exhibits depicting the murder was the famous baptismal font from Lyngsjö church in the... more
The timing of baptism soon after believing the message about Jesus of Nazareth, may have been because in early Christian thought, baptism is how: 1) one enters into Christ and his death and 2) receives the forgiveness of sins, new life,... more
a pictorial listing
La vasca battesimale della chiesa parrocchiale di San Paolo Apostolo di Modena, in via del Luzzo n. 130, si presenta come opera d'epoca tardo medievale d’interesse notevolissimo. Fu rinvenuta nel corso dei lavori di ristrutturazione,... more
LAGARDA MATA, Ferran (2009). Piscinas bautismales paleocristianas de Menorca.
Sobradiel: 2009.
92 Páginas con 41 Ilustraciones en B/N y color. Idioma: Castellano. PVP: 15,00 €
ISBN: 9788496810075
Sobradiel: 2009.
92 Páginas con 41 Ilustraciones en B/N y color. Idioma: Castellano. PVP: 15,00 €
ISBN: 9788496810075
The article gathers the hitherto known visual and written sources regarding the baptistery of the Romanesque cathedral in Dubrovnik, along with some new evidence drawn primarily from the documentation of its demolition in the early 1830s.... more
a scripture guide with messianic references fulfilled
This article examines the representation of the Miracle of the Harvest, a rare pictorial motif on thirteenth century works, which was carved on four baptismal fonts by the Hegwald workshop operating on Gotland. The unique pictorial... more
This paper seeks to determine how the ceremony of the baptism of Mieszko I of Poland (ca. 960-992) could have been performed. It presents the development of the baptismal liturgy in the Carolingian times and the then emerging baptismal... more
Annak ellenére, hogy fontos liturgikus esemény eszközei voltak a keresztény egyházban, a középkori kő keresztelőmedencék kutatása periferikus terület a magyarországi építészettörténet és művészettörténet számára. Tanulmányom nem egy... more