Milhac-de-Nontron No. 3 / Milhac de Nontronh
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 05060MIL
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, wall-mounted at the W end, S of the entrance
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Cognate Fonts: A similar one on the opposite side of the entrance
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: hemispherical holy-water stoup wall-mounted to the right of the entrance and ornamented with ribbed pattern. Another such stoup exists on the other side of the entrance, the latter with a knob or ball motif on the bottom. They may be as late as the 18th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 326571 5037369
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 35 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 45 cm
Basin Depth: 20 cm
Basin Total Height: 30 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site