The border of veined marble, the altar of mosaics and fine relief, the architecture of the outlying baptistry, the wreathed angel, all speak of Italy in that lovely moment when the Gothic had not been entirely abandoned and the Renaissance was but an opening bud.
"The Tapestry Book"
Helen Churchill Candee
Sometimes the baptistry was erected as a separate building or attached to a church or cathedral, specially adapted for Baptism by immersion.
"The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia"
William James Miller
The bronze doors in the baptistry are a sight to see.
"Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife"
Marietta Holley