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Catholic Encyclopedia: Baptistery
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02276b.htm
The separate building in which the sacrament of baptism was once solemnly administered, or that portion of the church-edifice later set apart for the same purpose.
Fountains, Springs and Lavoirs in Southern France
http://www.bdrak.com/photos/fount/fintro.htm
Bob Drake's overview and annotated photographs of historic local fountains and communal washing-places.
LacusCurtius: Roman Fountains
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Fons.html
Article from William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1875), illustrated with three woodcuts.
National Wells Index
Aims to catalogue, research and preserve the surviving holy wells of Britain. Includes an outline history of hydromancy and gallery of holy wells.
The Early Christian Baptisteries of Rome
http://spazioinwind.libero.it/lucina/baptist.htm
The Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome provides an illustrated introduction to the type and its function, and information on the remains of a baptistery belonging to the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina.
