Kottamangalam / Kothamangalam
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B01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
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BBU01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed - flat ribs or slats
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LB01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
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UB01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
Scene Description: on several levels of the stem
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UB02: design element - motifs - floral - lotus?
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UB03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - rampant - Vritra? - 8
Scene Description: in pairs, on the sides of the stem [cf. Font notes]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15962KOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Mary, Kottamangalam
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Kothamangalam - Idamalayar Road, Vadattupara, Kerala 686681, India -- Tel.: +91 485 258 2222
Site Location: Ernakulam, Kerala, India, South Asia
Directions to Site: Located off road SH16, about 55 km ENE of Kochi
Ecclesiastic Region: Eparchy of Kothamangalam
Additional Comments: painted font
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Carita (2009); baptismal font of the Indo-Portuguese period/style consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a rope moulding on the upper basin side, a band of (lotus?) leaves below, and a ribbed pattern that continues down the underbowl; the square stem has inverted graded steps at the top, with (lotus?) leaves on the sides, with pairs of rampant dragons on the sides [Carita (ibid.) relates them to the Hindu myth of the dragon Vritra], and, again, inverted graded mouldings with (lotus?) leaves and flowers on the sides; the lower base is decorated with (lotus?) leaves and is also square. The whole is painted (?) a shiny ochre colour.
COORDINATES
UTM: 43P 678647 1112964
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 10.064278, 76.630174
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 10° 3′ 51.4″ N, 76° 37′ 48.62″ E
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