The Bells of England

J J Raven

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Published
10 September 2010
Pages
370
ISBN
9781162630588

The Bells of England

J J Raven

  1. An attempt by the author to provide a history of English Bells. Contents: Early History; The British Period; The Saxon Period; The Norman Period; The Thirteenth Century; Times of Development; Provincial Founders, Mediaeval Uses; The Cire Perdue, Hexameters, Ornamentation, Migration of Founders, Power of Bells over Storms, The Passing Bell, Angelic Dedications; The Beginning of the Black Letter Period; Early Foundries, London and the South West; From the South Coast Eastward; The Midlands and the North; The Tudor Period; Later Founders; Change Ringing; Signa; Carillons, Handbells and Tintinnabula; Legends, Traditions, Memories, Bell Poetry; and Usages, Law.

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