. Archaeologia cantiana. 87. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE LEADEN FONT OFBROOKLAND CHURCH, ROMNEY MARSH. BY HERBERT L. SMITH, ESQ. Nearly a quarter of a century has glided away since theoriginal drawing, from which the accompanying outlineof the Brookland Font has been prepared, was made bythe writer of this article for, and under the superinten-dence of, the late Rev. Thomas Streatfield. Since then,in the year 1849, plaster casts were made from twelveof the compartments, forming a complete series of themonths and their corresponding Zodiacal signs. Fromthese casts woodcuts were prepared, which, ac
. Archaeologia cantiana. 87. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE LEADEN FONT OFBROOKLAND CHURCH, ROMNEY MARSH. BY HERBERT L. SMITH, ESQ. Nearly a quarter of a century has glided away since theoriginal drawing, from which the accompanying outlineof the Brookland Font has been prepared, was made bythe writer of this article for, and under the superinten-dence of, the late Rev. Thomas Streatfield. Since then,in the year 1849, plaster casts were made from twelveof the compartments, forming a complete series of themonths and their corresponding Zodiacal signs. Fromthese casts woodcuts were prepared, which, accompaniedby a description from the pen of Mr. Nesbitt, were pre- 88 THE LEADEN FONT OF sented to the public in the pages of the ArchaeologicalJournal for 1849. But as some of the minuter and finer detail of thefigures and costumes, etc., appear to have escaped obser-vation, we hope that the interest attached to this fontas a work of early mediaeval art is not exhausted, andthat we shall be justified in attempting a further e
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