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 ...
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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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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