Milhac-de-Nontron No. 2 / Milhac de Nontronh
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Results: 7 records
design element - motifs
Scene Description: one on each corner of the front side of the basin
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI
view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI
view of church exterior - west façade - detail
Scene Description: part of the defensive set-up in this fortified church
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI
view of church exterior - west portal
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI
view of font - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI
view of font - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI
view of font in context
![the 'altar font' partially built into the north wall of the nave [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/MIL0103614_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the 'altar font' partially built into the north wall of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 05059MIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side of the nave
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: altar-font? / double-font
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: one of the oddest-looking fonts resembling a modern vanity bathroom cabinet; it is rectangular in general shape and the top has one round basin well (in the centre), one oval basin (on the right), and a rectangular one (left); The front of the font is plain except for a little ornamental moulding and rosette on each corner of the upper side. The back has groove all along with two indentations, which was probably for the anchoring of the lid hinges. It looks like a late work, certainly an oddity, and may have served both as baptismal font and chapel altar [with the missing cover on]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 326571 5037369
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted) (double-font)
Basin Interior Shape: round (basin1) oval (basin2)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage Notes: The drain hole is in the central basin
Diameter (inside rim): 36 cm (basin1) - 30 x 35 cm (basin2)
Basin Depth: 20 cm (basin1) - 15 cm (basin2)
Basin Total Height: 30 cm
Height of Base: 60 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 64 x 101 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]