Chenganoor / Chengannur

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Results: 5 records

B01: angel - cherub

Scene Description: several [cf. Font notes]

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B02: design element - patterns - ribbed

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BBU01: design element - motifs - floral

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UB01: animal - mammal - quadruped - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15948CHE
Church/Chapel: Jacobite Church
Country Name: India
Location: Alappuzha, Kerala
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Indo-Portuguese
Noted and illustrated in Carita (2009): "In the case of the baptismal font of the Jacobite church in Chenganoor, the entire basin assumes the shape of a large lotus flower, suggesting a strong affinity between the baptism ritual and the symbology of the lotus flower [...] symbolising the emergence of life". The font consists of a hemispherical basin with a band of floral motifs all around the upper basin side, the sides and underbowl covered in a rib pattern that includes several Indian-looking cherubs; the pedestal base is star-shape at the top, then quadranqular with quadrupeds (lions?) at 90-degree angles and a moulded lower base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Carita, Helder, Indo-Portuguese architecture in Cochin and Kerala, New Delhi: Transbooks.com, 2009