Excerpt from Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts The shape, construction, and manner of support on arches, stem, or shafts, &c., are properly Architectural questions. The Decorative compre hends the sculpture and enrichment, especially emblematical design.examined, besides those contained in the present work b yet how small a part of a boundless field has been laid open to view, will be felt by every one who has been engaged in the same undertaking. For these reasons we shall not attempt to trace the his tory and origin of Fonts, but shall refer our readers to the works of Gough, Robinson, Bingham, Wheat ley, Fosbrooke, and the writers in the Archwologia, in which two papers may be particularly mentioned, one by Mr. Carte, in vol. X. P. 209; and one by the Rev. Samuel Denne, vol. Xi. P. 108. The articles on the same subject by J. Adey Repton, Esq., vol. Xvi. P. 335, and Mr Gough, vol. X. P. 183, should also be consulted. The excellent series of Fonts, by Mr Simpson, with its learned preface, and a chapter on the subject in Mr. Poole's Appropriate Charac ter of Church Architecture, are familiar to most; beside which, a vast number of engravings of ancient Fonts, and many occasional observations upon them, may be found dispersed through various publications by any one who will take the trouble to search for them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.