medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: MAUREEN A TILLEY <[log in to unmask]>
> The only way I know to check whether or not the baptismal fonts were
clearly flowing or had plugs would be to look at the drains of any remaining
fonts from the period of the Chronicles that the chroniclers could have seen
or heard about. Do these drains show any indications of wear from a plug?
Alternatively one might extrapolate from fonts preserved from the areas/times
of the crusaders who established churches in the areas of the chroniclers or
from Byzantine churches. I do not know enough about Byzantine practices in the
area at that time to speak about this. Perhaps a historian of Byzantine
baptismal practices might guide you.
the "owner" of the MedArt discussion list, Harriet MSonne, is a specialist in
fonts from Denmark, but probably knows quite a bit about the species in
general, and could certainly help with references to begin trolling.
join the list and float the question,
http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~hsonne/MedartL/
she'll be sure to answer.
c
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