Book Title: The archæology of baptism / by Wolfred Nelson Cote.

Author: Cote, Wolfred Nelson, d. 1877

Image Title: Font at Bridekirk

Description: A baptismal font found in a church in Bridekirk, England. The font’s upper perimeter depicts an ornately designed chimera of a bird and a legged, pre-Fall serpent. The lower section features the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and a scene of Jesus upright in a baptismal font, preparing to be immersed by John the Baptist, who grips his shoulders.

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