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DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 



should have been no difficulty in baptism by immersion here, 

 for in many Norman fonts the bowl is so extremely small 

 that it is a marvel how the child was ever immersed. 



The shape of the bowl is like a gipsy's pot or kettle, and 

 at the base are four projecting shoulders resting on the heads 



Fig. 8. — Font at Wirksworth. 



of the detached angle shafts. The ring round the top is much 

 chipped and broken. The font now stands in the centre of 

 the north transept of Wirksworth's beautiful cruciform church, 

 and is provided with a drain and the almost general lead 

 lining. 





