Milhac-de-Nontron No. 4 / Milhac de Nontronh
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design element - patterns - ribbed
design element - motifs - ball
design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05061MIL
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-06-29
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Cognate Fonts: A similar one on the opposite side of the entrance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, wall-mounted at the W end, N side of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: 24470 Milhac-de-Nontron, France
Site Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
Drainage System: no drainage system
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]