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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The term Sanctus Bell seems to be taken th=
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as meaning any small bell - often as in "not part of the ringing peal" bell=
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is used for services when there are no ringers around i.e. early communion=
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services etc. Some Anglican services do use it at the elevation of the host=
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it was intended but not many in my experience.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We had an occasion where we had marked a d=
rawing as=20
having a Sanctus Bell, and the DAC threw it out and insisted it could =
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be called that!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andrew</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=3Dzen16073@z... href=3D"mailto:zen16073@z...">Anne Wil=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 11, 2004 2=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Fw:=
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Sanctus and Angelus bells</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: David Beac=
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[mailto:david1.beacham@v...]<BR>Sent: 11 August 2004 14:25<BR>To: <=
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href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups=
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[Bell Historians] Fw: Sanctus and Angelus=20
bells<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>> The sounding of a sanctus bell at p=
oints=20
during a service of the Mass is<BR>> practised in both Roman Catholic =
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Anglo-Catholic places of worship, but<BR>I<BR>> am not sure what is=20
considered to be the correct "form" (i.e. 3x3 or<BR>> whatever) for th=
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usage. Can someone please explain at what points<BR>during<BR>> the se=
rvice=20
a sanctus bell should be rung? I should add that I am thinking<BR>> in=
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terms of a tower bell, to be heard outside, and not the various=20
forms<BR>of<BR>> handbell chimes or gongs that may be sounded inside t=
he=20
church at points<BR>> during the liturgy.<BR><BR><BR><BR>At Holy Trini=
ty,=20
Bradford on Avon the Sanctus bell is rung after the<BR>Prayers of=20
Consecration. The pre-reformation habit was to ring the bell<BR>before th=
ose=20
Prayers.<BR><BR>The 1547 injunctions utterly forbade the ringing of bells=
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during Sunday<BR>services, except 'one bell in convinient time to be rung=
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knolled before<BR>the sermon', which was probably intended to silence the=
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sanctus bell. I<BR>don't know when the habit was re-introduce=
d,=20
(?as a result of the Oxford<BR>Movement) or even if it is strictly=20
legal.<BR><BR><BR>Anne Willis<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Yahoo! Group=
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Links<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>