Eagle, Symbol of St John
detail from Scenes from the Bible and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists

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1869 Octagonal font with carved scenes on each face. The symbols of the evangelists are interspersed with Noah's ark, the crossing of the Red Sea with Moses, the baptism of Christ and Christ with children. medium: stone technique: carved firm/studio: R. L. Boulton & Sons Church of St Cynllo, Llangynllo, Ceredigion nave An example of the rich ornamentation of the church by Boulton of Cheltenham.  (ObjectID=1580 ImageID=6022) Original File Name=Llangynllo_MG_1656A.jpg

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• baptism of Christ in the river Jordan: John the Baptist pouring out water on Christ's head: the Holy Ghost descends  [Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34]
• Christ blessing children brought by their mothers  [Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17]
• the ark - story of Noah 
• the Exodus - passage through the Red Sea  [Exodus 14:16-30]
• the four symbols of the evangelists, 'the apocalyptic beasts'  [Revelation 4:6-8]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 527.

Photo © Martin Crampin