Christian rite of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water

John baptises Christ; the holy spirit descends. Etching by J. Mynde, c. 1737.

A baptism being administered by a priest in a church. Etching by B. Picart.

A bishop baptizes a child held by its mother. Lithograph by J.G. Schreiner after M. Seitz after H.M. von Hess.

A congregation going to a baptism in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. Lithograph.

Saint Paulinus of York baptizes Edwin king of Northumbria. Engraving by W. Walker after S. Wale.

A family enters a church at Ariccia for the christening of a child. Engraving by L. Stocks after P. Williams.

John baptises Christ in the Jordan. Engraving by P. Galle, 1564, after M. van Heemskerck.

John the Baptist preaching to a crowd at the river Jordan. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.

Saint Boniface: he baptizes Germans. Engraving by H. Kipp after K. Clasen.

The baptism of Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Heath, 1780, after W. Hogarth.

Saint John the Baptist baptises Christ; an angel with a book descends from above. Wood engraving by the Dalziel brothers, 1854, after W.O. Williams after Giotto.

A Zoroastrian baptism in Persia. Etching after B. Picart.

A lame man being doused in water from a holy spring to procure a miraculous cure, in Sarepta (?), Russia. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.

The duty of renewing their baptismal covenant  proved and urged upon the adult children of professing parents. By John Graham, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Southbury.

24 unnumbered pages, 398 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; 8vo. (17 cm)

Sacra embryologia : sive de officio sacerdotum, medicorum et aliorum circa aeternam parvulorum in utero existentium salutem, libri quatuor; / auctore ac interprete Franc: Emmanuele Cangiamila.

Material: vellum; 77 ff. 4to.; leaf dimensions: width 13 cm, length 19 cm

MS.48

A fair and rational vindication, of the right of infants, to the ordinance of baptism  being the substance of several discourses from Acts XI [i.e., II], 39 ... By David Bostwick, A.M. late Minister of the Presbyterian Church, in the city of New-York. [Two lines from Paul].

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Baptism

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A lame man being doused in water from a holy spring to procure a miraculous cure, in Sarepta (?), Russia. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.

The duty of renewing their baptismal covenant proved and urged upon the adult children of professing parents. By John Graham, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Southbury.

Sacra embryologia : sive de officio sacerdotum, medicorum et aliorum circa aeternam parvulorum in utero existentium salutem, libri quatuor; / auctore ac interprete Franc: Emmanuele Cangiamila.

MS.48

A fair and rational vindication, of the right of infants, to the ordinance of baptism being the substance of several discourses from Acts XI [i.e., II], 39 ... By David Bostwick, A.M. late Minister of the Presbyterian Church, in the city of New-York. [Two lines from Paul].

Baptism

Images from the collections

Images about Baptism

Works from the collections

A lame man being doused in water from a holy spring to procure a miraculous cure, in Sarepta (?), Russia. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.

The duty of renewing their baptismal covenant proved and urged upon the adult children of professing parents. By John Graham, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Southbury.

Sacra embryologia : sive de officio sacerdotum, medicorum et aliorum circa aeternam parvulorum in utero existentium salutem, libri quatuor; / auctore ac interprete Franc: Emmanuele Cangiamila.

MS.48

A fair and rational vindication, of the right of infants, to the ordinance of baptism being the substance of several discourses from Acts XI [i.e., II], 39 ... By David Bostwick, A.M. late Minister of the Presbyterian Church, in the city of New-York. [Two lines from Paul].

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