baptisteries
Sacred immersion pools
Baptisteries is the plural of baptistery, a building or part of a church containing a font or pool for baptism.
In early Christianity, baptisteries were often separate structures, sometimes octagonal, built near cathedrals.
Modern churches typically incorporate the baptistery as a section of the main sanctuary: The baptisteries of medieval Italy remain architectural treasures.
Character style set
- octagonalEight-angled polygon form
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- apseVaulted church recess
- naveChurch's main interior
narthex · ambulatory · colonnade · mosaic · marble · basin · pool · atrium
State of being submerged
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- conversionAct of changing states
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
consecration · sacrament · catechumen · anointing · water · holy water · blessing · rebirth
Wet plaster painting technique
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- muralWall-applied artwork
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
gold leaf · marble inlay · relief · sculpture · bronze doors · Last Judgment · Christ · apostles
font
Character style set
nave · narthex · ambulatory · colonnade · mosaic · marble · basin · pool · atrium · portico
immersion
State of being submerged
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- conversionAct of changing states
purification · consecration · sacrament · catechumen · anointing · water · holy water · blessing · rebirth · renunciation
fresco
Wet plaster painting technique
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- muralWall-applied artwork
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
ceiling · gold leaf · marble inlay · relief · sculpture · bronze doors · Last Judgment · Christ · apostles · saints
- BaptistsBaptists, Southern Baptists, missionary societies, colonial churches, separatist movement
- church architecturealtar, altars, nave, naves, aisle
- medieval arttapestry, ivory carvings, Book of Kells, fresco, Lindisfarne Gospels
- sacred architecturechurch, churches, cathedral, cathedrals, temple
- churchesCatholic Church, Anglican Church, Lutheran Church, Catholic cathedrals, community church
- Gothic Architecturepointed arches, flying buttress, flying buttresses, pointed arch, rose window
baptisteriessanctuaries
Protected places of refuge
altars · confessionals · chancels · crypts · naves
baptisteriesmausoleums
Large ornate burial buildings
tombs · crypts · columbaria · cemeteries · burial grounds
baptisteriescourthouses
Buildings housing legal proceedings
town halls · civic centers · commercial buildings · marketplaces
baptism, baptize, baptized, Baptist, baptismal, baptizes, baptizing, baptisms, baptistery