Milhac-de-Nontron No. 1 / Milhac de Nontronh

INFORMATION

FontID: 03851MIL
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 24470 Milhac-de-Nontron, France
Country Name: France
Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D707, 18 km NNE of Brantôme, 40 km NNE of Périgueux, just SE of Nontron, S of Villars
Historical Region: Parc naturel régional Périgord-Limousin, Périgord vert, Aquitaine
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church from a 'commanderie' of the Knights Templar
Font Notes:
Enlart (1902) mentions a few stoups which were restricted to specific users; the one at Milhac de Nontron was, according to Enlart, reserved for the lepers ("les lépreux avaient à bon droit leur bénitier spécial", such as the ones at Saint-Savin [cf. Index entry] and this one. [cf. also the Index entry for Angers No. 3 for another category of "restricted" stoups]. On-site notes: we did not find any such stoup in this church; there are two 17th or 18th-century hemispherical stoups, one at each side of the entrance [cf. Index entries for Milhac-de-Nontron Nos. 3 & 4], and an odd-shaped font [cf. Index entry for Milhac-de-Nontron No. 2] also of late date.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 326571 5037369

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902