Kanjoor Angamaly
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BBU01: design element - motifs - braid
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BBU02: design element - motifs - floral - lotus?
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
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BU02: design element - motifs - floral - lotus?
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LB01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
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UB01: animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - sejant - Vritra? - 8
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UB02: design element - motifs - ball
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15963KAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Mary, Kanjoor Angamaly [St. Mary's Forane Church, Kanjoor]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Kanjoor - Parappuram Rd, Kizhakkumbhagom, Kerala 683575, India -- Tel.: +91 484 246 2263
Site Location: Angamaly, Kerala, India, South Asia
Directions to Site: Kanjoor is a small town near to Aluva and Perumbavoor, in Ernakulam district
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Carita (2009); baptismal font of the Indo-Portuguese period/style consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a braid moulding followed down by a smaller one that could represent lotus flower petals; thge rest of the sides and underbowl is covered in a diagonal ribbed pattern with, again lotus flower petals between the ribs; there are dragons on the sides of the upper end of the octagonal stem [Carita (ibid.) relates them to the Hindu myth of the dragon Vritra]; ball motifs between the dragons; (lotus?) leaves and flowers on the sides of the lower base. The whole is painted (?) a shiny ochre colour. [cf. Index entries for Kadamattom and Kuruppampady for other examples of this font type]
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. 187-188