Ollur
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15965OLL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Anthony, Ollur / St. Antony's Syro Malabar Forane Church, Ollur
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes]
Church Address: Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala 680306, India -- Tel.: +91 487 235 2339
Site Location: Thrissur, Kerala, India, South Asia
Directions to Site: Located W of Hwy 544, suburban area and an old commercial town in the city of Thrissur of Kerala
Font Notes:
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Carita (2009) notes a baptismal font of the 16th-17th century Indo-Portuguese period/style; like the ones at Kanjoor and Kadduthuruthy, in the same region, it consists of a hemispherical basin raised on a pedestal base and decorated with Hindu-inspired ornamentation.
COORDINATES
UTM: 43P 635155 1159191
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 10.484, 76.235
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 10° 29′ 2.4″ N, 76° 14′ 6″ 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. 186