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1. ‘BSI: A Pilgrim’s
Progress’
From a Dissertation
Tool to the World’s
Largest Inventory of
Medieval Baptismal
Fonts
Harriet Sonne de Torrens
harriet.sonne@utoronto.ca
And
Miguel A. Torrens
miguel.torrens@utoronto.ca
Digital Humanities Conference at the
University of Toronto
October 2021
https://bsi.dhn.utoronto.ca/
BAPTISTERIA
SACRA INDEX: AN
ICONOGRAPHICA
L INDEX OF
BAPTISMAL
FONTS FROM THE
EARLY CHRISTIAN
TO THE
SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY

2. Why a Dissertation Tool?
What is a Baptismal Font?
Leeuwarden, Friesland, 12th-13th
Century.
Nas, Jamtland, Sweden,
12th-13th century
Rosales, Burgos, Spain, 12-13th
century
Rostock, Germany, c.
1290
Early Christian Period to 17th Century
Aix-Provence, France, Early Christian Piscina
Sousse, Tunisia, Early Christian, 6th Century 17th century font

3. doopvont
baptismal font
dopfunt
fonts
baptismaux
pila bautismal
krikšto
fontanas
taufbecken
Taufstein
pica baptismal
doopfont
fonte
battesimale
kastelaatikko
pía bautismal
døbefont
baptismalis
fons
křtitelnice
chrzcielnica
fonte batismal
Døpefont
купель
ristimiskivi
βάπτιση
krstionica
botez
INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AND NETWORKS: FONTERS AND FONTING
Online Databases
Bilddataprojektet, Historiska Museet,
Stockholm
Palissy, France
Mermimee, France
Memoire, France
Marburg Index, Germany
Dooms Day Book, England
Victoria County History, England
Koninklijt Instituut voor hest
Kunstpatrimonium / Institut royal du
Patrimoine artistique Belgium
Major Surveys and Published Series
Danmarks Kirker
Sveriges Kyrkor
Some of the Networks with Individual
Contributors
Michel Claveyrolas (France)
Colin Smith (UK)
Pol Herman (Belgium)
Juan Antonio Olañeta (Spain)
Joost Limburg (Portugal)
Mikel Unanue (Spain)
BSI Bibliography consists
of over 3,300 published
references on baptismal
fonts.
C.S. (Paddy) Drake

4. Name of Font (location)
Font ID (unique number)
Types of imagery (prioritize when on-
route)
Dates Visited
Church Name, Patron Saint and
Address
Province, Country
GIS information
Ecclesiastic Division
Administrative Division
Historical Division
Driving Instructions
Museum Information / Code
Workshop or Group
Period / Style
Date
Century
Cognate Works
Notes / Font / Setting
Description of Font / material / shapes

5. Font Description
Number of pieces
Shapes
Drainage information
Notes
Measurements
Inscription information
Language
Text
Reference
Location of inscription
Bibliographic reference
Page number(s)

6. INSCRIPTIONS
ON BAPTISMAL
FONTS
Arabic
Danish
English
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Icelandic
Latin
Low German
Middle English
Picard (dialect)
Old Armenian
Old English
Old Norse
Old Saxon
Portuguese
Rieumois
Runes
Spanish
Swedish
1200+ vessels with inscriptions
BSI
Arabic Inscription: Madrid No. 7 [orig. from
Medina Azhara, Cordoba; now in the Museo
Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid], c. 988-989.
Icelandic,
Hólar,
Norðurland
vestra, Iceland,
17th century
Runes, Kareby
(Bohuslän),
Sweden, 12-
13th century.

7. Bibliographic References
(each reference has a
unique number)
Image Files – copyright
information – linked to
subject fields
Each scene or symbol is
assigned a location code
(tells placement and
sequence in pictorial
narrative)
Scene, symbol or
ornament – each coded
to portray in sequence of
reading directions. Each
linked to Image File.
All recorded left to right
reading direction

8. CONTROLLED VOCABULARY and METADATA,
METADATA AND MORE METADATA
Cordoba No. 3 / Córdoba / Cordova /
Corduba / Karmona / Colonia Patricia,
Andalucia, Spain, 10th century
Bonifacio, No. 2, Corsica, France, 14-
15th century.
OBJECT – defines type of vessel or if
baptistery
Perigueux No. 3 / Civitas
Petrucoriorum / Peireguers /
Periguers / Périgueux
STOUP
ABLUTIONS FONTS
Riez No. 1, baptistery (Alpes-de-Haute-
Provence), Alpes-de-Haut-Provence
PISCINA,
SUNKEN FONT
BAPTISTERIES
FONT FRAGMENTS,
Kraklingbo, Gotland

9. BY
WORKSHOP
OR TYPE
MOSAN
NAMUR
TOURNAI
MAPPING
(detail) WORKSHOP OR TYPE: MOSAN, NAMUR,
TOURNAI
EXTANT BSI FONTS IN ANDORRA – BY DATE PER REGIONS
Sites with Sheela-na-Gigs and Luxuria Represented
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
WORKSHOPS
ICONOGRAPHICAL TRENDS
HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIPS
QUARRY SITES
Trade and
shipping
networks
Regional
Politics
Economic
Prosperity
Trade connections via political
jurisdictions in Medieval Period