TY - BOOK ID - 3322758 TI - Living water PY - 2011 VL - 105 SN - 0920623X SN - 9789004188983 9004188983 9786613119971 9004189084 1283119978 9789004189089 9781283119979 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Baptism KW - Christian art and symbolism KW - Baptisteries. KW - Fonts. KW - Architecture, Early Christian. KW - Architecture and religion KW - History KW - Christian art and symbolism. KW - 265.11 KW - 246 "00/06" KW - Religion and architecture KW - Religion KW - Art, Christian KW - Art, Ecclesiastical KW - Arts in the church KW - Christian symbolism KW - Ecclesiastical art KW - Religious art, Christian KW - Sacred art KW - Symbolism and Christian art KW - Art KW - Symbolism KW - Christian antiquities KW - Church decoration and ornament KW - Doopsel: instelling KW - Christelijke kunst en symbolisme--?"00/06" KW - 265.11 Doopsel: instelling KW - Architecture, Early Christian KW - Baptisteries KW - Fonts KW - Baptismal fonts KW - Church furniture KW - Church buildings KW - Early Christian architecture KW - Baptism - History - Early church, ca 30-600 KW - Christian art and symbolism - To 500. KW - Architecture and religion - History - To 1500. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3322758 AB - This general survey of early Christian baptismal iconography and architecture integrates visual depictions and physical settings of baptism with textual evidence for its practice and purpose. An opening overview of pictorial art (paintings, relief sculpture, mosaics, and ivories) prompts questions about components of the actual ritual which are treated in the literary sources. The study’s second half considers selected baptismal structures, examining the symbolism, purpose, and possible meaning of their spatial design and decorative programs. In most instances the synthesis of documentary and material evidence is enriching and complementary. However, even when physical and textual data diverge, their discontinuity demonstrates the variability of ritual performance and the perennial distinction between ideal and actual practice.. ER -