Название: Church Fonts (Shire Library)
Автор: Matthew Byrne
Издательство: Shire Publications
ISBN: 1784423912
Год: 2020
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 64
Размер: 14,2 МБ
Язык: Английский
A beautifully illustrated introduction to the most notable church fonts in England. The font is perhaps the most important part of any church. For centuries, no infant in the parish was thought to be saved from damnation until christened and fonts, as the vessels for this crucial rite of passage, were a pre-eminent tool in the Church's fight against the Devil. Standing within the public space of the church – as with pews, rood screens and chantry chapels – fonts would have been paid for by the parishioners, and so the richness of their decoration was determined by the funds available and the prevailing architectural fashions of the time.