Milhac-de-Nontron No. 4 / Milhac de Nontronh

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design element - motifs - ball

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: all around the basin sides

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 29 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05061MIL

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, N side of the entrance

Century and Period: 17th - 18th century

Cognate Fonts: A similar one on the opposite side of the entrance

Font Notes: Click to view

On-site notes: hemispherical holy-water stoup wall-mounted to the left of the entrance and ornamented with ribbed pattern on the basin sides and a knob or ball motif on the bottom. Another such stoup exists on the other side of the entrance, the latter without the 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: 40 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site [NB: the basin is 30 cm and the ball ornament 10 cm]