Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . All three bells at Aldsworth are ancient ones dedicated respec-tively to the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalen, and St. John theBaptist. The only other bells in the county dedicated to the twolast mentioned saints are found at St. Nicholas, Gloucester. At Turkdean, the second bell bears the legend, in lombardiccapitals : ?{< [29] ETERNIS § ANNIS § RESONET § CAMPANA § JOHANNIS. For eternal years may the bell, John, sound. A like verse occurs on a bell in Gloucester cathedral, at Sap-perton, Brookthorpe, and on a bell lately in
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . All three bells at Aldsworth are ancient ones dedicated respec-tively to the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalen, and St. John theBaptist. The only other bells in the county dedicated to the twolast mentioned saints are found at St. Nicholas, Gloucester. At Turkdean, the second bell bears the legend, in lombardiccapitals : ?{< [29] ETERNIS § ANNIS § RESONET § CAMPANA § JOHANNIS. For eternal years may the bell, John, sound. A like verse occurs on a bell in Gloucester cathedral, at Sap-perton, Brookthorpe, and on a bell lately in St. Werburgh, Bristolwhile at Pitchcomb, it is tersely put, [24] JfdfjaUWCS bOCttfcftttt,It shall be called John. 64 Transactions at Stow-on-the-Wold. At Rendcombe, the fourth bell is dedicated to St. Katherine,and bells dedicated to the same saint are at Wimtone and Horton. The tenor bell at Rendcombe bears an elegant stamp, the onlyone in the county, consisting of the words : [13] Elm Plmt3Lailt%elp, with cross, (jig. IS) also Tudor armsand crown (jig. 26.). (Fig. 13) (Fig. 26) The bell is dedicated to the angel Gabriel in the LeonineHexameter : [13] fflte&t Be celts fjafeeo Nomen ^afcrtelts* [26] Sent from heaven, I have the name of Gabriel. Other Gabriel bells occur at Notgrove,1 Boddington (on the bellbearing the royal head stop, already mentioned), Sevenhampton,Swindon, Wapleg, Stanley St. Leonards, and Gloucester Cathedral. In most of these cases the same verse is introduced, while atGloucester Cathedral the letters are set in backwards, beginningwith the s, at the end of Gabrielis, and ending with the M, at the beginning of Missi. The bell on which this isfound is probably a reproduction of an older See ante p. 33 Old Bells in Gloucestershire Belfries. 65 There are also seven other bells dedicated to angels in thecounty—five to St. Michael, at the Leigh between Gloucester andTewkesbury; at Driffield, near Cirencester; at Cromhall; atOldbury-on-the-Hill, (o
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