Baptistery - Senreido (English spelling)

Japanese: 洗礼堂 - せんれいどう(英語表記)baptistery
Baptistery - Senreido (English spelling)
A building attached to a church for the ceremony of baptism. In the past, it was a small rectangular room with a baptismal font in the apse. From around the 4th century, buildings with domes began to be built, and the plan was usually octagonal. This is the number next to the perfect number 7, and symbolizes the beginning of Christian life with baptism. Until the 10th century, baptistery buildings were built for adults by immersion, and were often grand, equipped with a water tank and often built separately from the church, with lavish decorations. However, as infant baptism became more common, outside of Italy, they became smaller in size, and gradually moved to a small room inside the church, where only a baptismal font was placed. Examples of monumental baptistery architecture include the one at Pisa Cathedral (circular, 1153-1278) and the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence (octagonal, 90).

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Japanese:
洗礼の儀式を行うための聖堂に付属した建築物。古くは矩形の小さな一室で,アプスの部分に洗礼盤が置かれていた。4世紀頃からドームをもつ建造が始められ,通例そのプランは八角形であった。これは完全なる数7の次の数をとったもので,洗礼によってキリスト教徒としての生活が始ることを象徴する。 10世紀までは成人に対する浸水洗礼を行うものであったため,水槽を備え,しばしば聖堂から独立して豪華な装飾を施した壮大なものも建てられたが,幼児洗礼の一般化でイタリア以外は小規模化し,次第に聖堂内部の一小室に移り,さらに洗礼盤が置かれるだけとなった。モニュメンタルな洗礼堂建築としては,ピサ大聖堂のもの (円形,1153~1278) とフィレンツェのサン・ジョバンニ洗礼堂 (八角形,90) があげられる。

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