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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Arial">Cathedral bell needs crack repair </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A 17th Century bell at Gloucester Cathedral is to be taken down for repairs to a six-inch crack.</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> </SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The bell, the 11th of 12 in the belfry, will be transported to specialists in Newmarket for welding.</FONT> </SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Records show that the 18 hundredweight bell is tuned to E, is 122cm in diameter and was made by John Pennington of Exeter in 1626.</FONT> </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It bears an inscription in Latin - Celis Nomen Gabrielis - but reads in reverse as it was cast back to front.</FONT> </SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cathedral press officer, the Reverend Geoff Crago, said: "It is a very long time since I did Latin at school.</FONT> </SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"I can manage Nomen Gabrielis - the name of Gabriel - but I'm not sure about Celis. Even an online Latin dictionary on the web couldn't help me with that word."</FONT> </SPAN></P>
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