Index of Ecclesiastical themes.

  • Baptismal-Fonts-and-Stoups

    The font is where a child or adult is baptised into the church. The ceremony involves immersing, washing, or pouring water over the head of the person being baptised.

    A stoup is a similar type of receptacle for water that has been blessed by the priest. These are placed at the entrance of a church for adherents to use in order to make th sign of the cross.

  • Corbels

    A piece of masonry, stone, or wood that may be used to carry the weight of a cornice or arch, or may be a purely decorative feature.

  • Miserichords-and-Poppy-heads

    Miserichords are carved wooden supports beneath folding choir seats, offering discreet rest during long services. Often decorated with secular or fantastical scenes. Poppy-heads are ornamental finials on pew ends, typically shaped as foliage or figures, symbolizing themes like sleep or resurrection. Used together, the phrase refers to the decorative and symbolic carvings in medieval choir stalls.

  • Pulpit

    A raised stand for preachers in a Christian church.

  • Tympanum

    The triangular space over a door between the lintel and the arch.

  • Windows

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