List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Case Study A; Chapter Three; Case Study B; Chapter Four; Case Study C; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Baptismal fonts were necessary to the liturgical life of the medieval Christian. Baptism marked the entrance of the faithful into the right relation, with the Catholic Church representing the main cultural institution of medieval society. In the period between ca. 1050 and ca. 1220, the decoration of the font often had an important function: to underscore the theology of baptism in the context of the sacraments of the Catholic Church. This period witnessed a surge of concern about sacraments. Just as religious thinkers attempted to delineate the sacraments and define their function in sermons
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index
