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Excerpt from A Book About Bells
Chapter IV. The decoration OF Bums - Artistic mould ings on bells - Initial crosses and stops - Makers'' marks - Figures of saints - Royal heads - Heraldic decoration Inscriptions - Invocations of saints - Jesus and Trinity bells - Prayers for donors, parishioners, and others Languages used for inscriptions - English inscriptions Insertion of dates and makers'' names - Commemorations of donors - Makers'' rhymed inscriptions - Boastful bells - Inscriptions allusive to change-ringing - Allusions to uses of bells - Records of parish authorities-loyal inscriptions - Commemoration of public events - Oi local events - Use of Scriptural quotations - A long inscription - Alphabetic inscriptions Leonine verses - Doggerel verses - Curious errors - Bell-frame inscriptions.
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Chapter IV. The decoration OF Bums - Artistic mould ings on bells - Initial crosses and stops - Makers'' marks - Figures of saints - Royal heads - Heraldic decoration Inscriptions - Invocations of saints - Jesus and Trinity bells - Prayers for donors, parishioners, and others Languages used for inscriptions - English inscriptions Insertion of dates and makers'' names - Commemorations of donors - Makers'' rhymed inscriptions - Boastful bells - Inscriptions allusive to change-ringing - Allusions to uses of bells - Records of parish authorities-loyal inscriptions - Commemoration of public events - Oi local events - Use of Scriptural quotations - A long inscription - Alphabetic inscriptions Leonine verses - Doggerel verses - Curious errors - Bell-frame inscriptions.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Geo; S. Tyack
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780331309737
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 357
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ISBN - 9781332105465
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