Bustefrades / Carmen de Arriba
INFORMATION
FontID: 10908BUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Originaly from the Ermita of Bustefrades
Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates are for Cármenes] 24838 Cármenes, León, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: León, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: The abandoned site of Bustefrades [perhaps known originally as Carmen de Arriba] is located to the E of Cármenes, off the LE-315, E of the N630, via the local 1339, in the SW reaches of the Reserva Nacional de Mampodre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de León
Historical Region: Comarca Los Argüellos
Font Location in Church: [Reported in a private garden in Cármenes since the beginning of the 20th century]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Angel Fierro del Valle for the information on, and the photograph of this baptismal font
Font Notes:
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Angel Fierro del Valle informs BSI [e-mail of August 12, 2005] that the baptismal font of the old Ermita de Bustefrades was removed at the beginning of the 20th century from the ruins of the old country chapel to his private garden in nearby Cármenes, where it has stood since. The same source informs that the old chapel belonged to the monastery of San Isidoro de León. The font, consisting of a smallish hemispherical basin decorated with a Latin cross and raised on a round stem and cylindrical lower base, appears to be now used as a garden ornament in the open air.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 290016 4759466
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round