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

FontID: 15963KAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: India
Location: Angamaly, Kerala
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Font Notes:
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