Kaduthuruthy / Kaduthuruthi / Kaduturutti
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B01: human figure
Scene Description: could it be an angel?
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B02: symbol - cross
Scene Description: potent? foliated?
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B03: design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: all around
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BBU01: design element - motifs - floral
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BBU02: design element - motifs - braid or rope
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LB01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
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UB01: design element - motifs - ball?
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helder Carita, 2009
Image Source: ill. in Carita (2009)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15949KAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Valiyapally Rd, near St. Michael's Higher Secondary School, Kaduthuruthy, Kerala 686604, India -- Tel.: +91 4829 282 373
Site Location: Kottayam, Kerala, India, South Asia
Directions to Site: Located off road 15, 2-3 km SE of Kaduthuruthy, 35-40 km SE of Kochi
Ecclesiastic Region: Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kottayam
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Carita (2009). Chalice-shaped baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base; the basin appears to have been damage and parts of it replaced with a plain repair [unless the busy ornamentation of the rest is only a plaster cover]; the ornamentation includes figures, crosses and other symbols, bands of floral and rope or braid motif on the upper half, and floral and foliage on the lower half and underbowl, all of it in gold and black colours; several mouldings, ball motif and foliage on the pedestal base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 43P 664535 1078137
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, p. 187