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unusual facts about baptismal font


Church of St Paul, Kewstoke

The font dates from the 14th century, but has been re-cut, with the bowl being much older than the base.


Albrecht von Nürnberg

His principal works include the nine-metre wooden Christophorus figure originally installed at the Christoffelturm in Berne (1496–1498) and the baptismal font in the Münster of Berne (1524-1525).

Ashby by Partney

In 1892 C. Hodgson Fowler restored the interior, retaining the 14th-century font.

Bere Ferrers

Features of interest include the Norman font, an unusual altar stone, benches having benchends carved with traceried arches, and an early medieval monument to a knight and lady (probably of the Ferrers family, Latinised as Ferrariis).

Cathedral of San Fernando

The baptismal font, believed to be a gift from Charles III, who became King of Spain from 1759, is the oldest piece of liturgical furnishing in the cathedral.

Church of All Saints, Nunney

It was probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon or Norman church from which a Saxon cross and Norman font can still be seen.

Church of Saint Roch, Žižkov

The oldest preserved object in the church is the Baroque tin baptismal font from 1595 from tin-smith Matthew Voříška of Roudnice on the Elbe.

Church of St Andrew, Chew Magna

The Church of St Andrew in Chew Magna, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century with a large 15th-century pinnacled sandstone tower, a Norman font and a rood screen that is the full width of the church.

Hascombe

St Peter's church was rebuilt during the mid-19th century, but retains its medieval screen, made from Jerusalem olive trees and featuring elaborate carvings, and a font dating back to 1690.

Holton-le-Clay

and in 1964 Pevsner described it as "A rough and, at the time of writing, neglected church", with an 11th-century tower and west window, Decorated bell-openings, a Norman font, and a 1636 Paten cover.

Kahlenbergerdorf Parish Church

Further noteworthy elements of the church are a Gothic Baptismal font made of red marble (which dates to around 1500), an alms box decorated with rosettes, and a stoup (both date from the 17th century).

Langworth

Also the original font, organ, altar canopy and bronze lamps, and a plaque to Dallas-Yorke, son of Thomas Yorke, to whom the chapel was a memorial, remain.

Minsterworth

It was rebuilt by Henry Woodyer (who had earlier worked on the nearby church in Highnam) in 1870, but contains many older features such as a fifteenth-century baptismal font, a Jacobean era pulpit and part of a fourteenth-century cope.

Ödeshög Municipality

Noteworthy are: Rök Church from 1845 (outside which the Rök Runestone is standing), Stora Åby Church, from the 1750s, with several older artifacts (baptismal font, triptych); and Ödeshögs Church with a medieval foundation.

Royal Doulton

When the Anglican St. Alban's Church was built in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1887 with Alexandra, Princess of Wales as one of the driving forces, Doulton donated and manufactured an altarpiece, a pulpit and a font.

South Cockerington

Inside there is a 15th-century font, and an alabaster monument to Sir Adrian Scrope who died in 1623, attributed to Epiphanius Evesham.

St Laurence's Church, Reading

The interior of the church contains several interesting items, including a memorial to John Blagrave, the 16th century English mathematician and a 1522 font used for the christening of Archbishop Laud.

St. Aldhelm's Chapel, St. Aldhelm's Head

By 1873 the chapel had been reconstructed, the cost being born by the 3rd Earl of Eldon (1845–1926), who also presented the baptismal font.

Victoria Square, Birmingham

The font, bell and foundation stone were moved to the new St Agatha's, Sparkbrook, which was built with the proceeds when the site was sold to developers.


see also

Buchbrunn

1480, a well worked baptismal font furnished with the benefactor's coat of arms and a painting influenced by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Younger which shows a last supper administered by Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon.

Christ Church, Philadelphia

The baptismal font in which William Penn was baptized is still in use at Christ Church; it was sent to Philadelphia in 1697 from All Hallows-by-the-Tower in London.

Norbertine Rite

The principal community Mass and the Divine Office were celebrated with special solemnity during Easter Week and the vespers on these days concluded with a procession to the baptismal font.

Parkdale Deanery

Architect Frank Darling designed the building, opened for worship on 4 January 1874, and the baptismal font (donated by W. C. Mollington, 1886).

Westenfeld

The baptismal font is from the 16th Century, the first bell is from 1777 (J.A. Mayer, Coburg), the second from 1850 (R. Mayer, Rudolstadt).

Zorneding

Martin (parish church), late Baroque, built 1719 to 1723, Late Gothic Madonna at the choir arch, Gothic baptismal font, richly stuccoed.