Kuruppampady
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BBU01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
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LB01: design element - motifs - floral - lotus?
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LB02: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
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R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
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UB01: animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - rampant - Vritra? - 4
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UB02: design element - motifs - spindle - 4
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15964KUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Mary, Kuruppampady
Font Location in Church: inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 10° 6′ 39.6″ N, 76° 31′ 18.48″ E
Site Location: Ernakulam, Kerala, India, South Asia
Directions to Site: Located off road 16, 4 km E of Perumbavoor in the Kunnathunadu Taluk of Ernakulam district, about 20 km NE of Kochi
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 hemispherical basin decorated with a thin roll moulding at the upper rim, a brod mouldin of (lotus?) leaves below, and a ribbed pattern coverin the rest of the sides and underbowl all around; on the short stem there are four fierce-looking rampant dragons at 90 -degree angles; brightly painted in bl;ack, red and white [Carita (ibid.) relates them to the Hindu myth of the dragon Vritra];between the dragons the stem has been carved through around gloden spindles; below both is a pattern of (lotus?) leaves; the octagonal lower base has graded mouldings with lotus flowers and leaves alternating on the sides. The bacground color of the font exterior is green, and there are gold accents as well as the colours noted for the dragons. [cf. Index entries for Kanjoor and Kadamattom for other examples of this font type]
COORDINATES
UTM: 43P 666744 1118074
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 10.111, 76.5218
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 10° 6′ 39.6″ N, 76° 31′ 18.48″ 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. 187-189