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

Author: Cote, Wolfred Nelson, d. 1877

Image Title: Modern Rite of Baptism in the Russian Church

Description: This picture, a reproduction of an engraving by Bernard Picart (1673-1733), depicts a Russian Orthodox infant baptism. Many candles light the scene, and one attend holds a censer, as the priest lowers the child into the water. The engraver, William Dickes (1815-1892), has left his name in the bottom left of the woodcut.

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