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Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (page 1/2)

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Some wood engravings from Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts by Thomas COmbe (i think). Mr. F. A. Paley, M.A., who wrote the introduction, was at this time the honorary secretary of the Cambridge Camden Society, according to the title page. This is Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815 – 1888) according to the Library of Congress catalogue.

Note that these are fonts for wetting the heads of infants in batism, not computer fonts!

Title: Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts

Author: Combe, Thomas

Published by: John Can Voorst, Paternoster Row

City: London

Date: 1844

Total items: 6

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Early English. King's Cliff, Northamptonshire]

Early English. King’s Cliff, Northamptonshire

[Architectural Period: Early English] [more...] [$]

[picture: Decorated. Market Bosworth, Leicestershire]

Decorated. Market Bosworth, Leicestershire

[Architectural Period: Early English] [more...] [$]

[picture: Decorated. Strubby, Lincolnshire]

Decorated. Strubby, Lincolnshire

[Architectural period: Decorated] [more...] [$]

[picture: Norman. Little Billing, Northamptonshire.]

Norman. Little Billing, Northamptonshire.

[Architectural Period: Norman] [more...] [$]

[picture: Norman. Stratton, Cornwall]

Norman. Stratton, Cornwall

[Architectural Period: Norman] [more...] [$]


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