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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My copy arrived this morning and is a magnificent production; highly recommended for anyone interested in early bells.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img width=321 height=144 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D6FAF9.2AB1E2B0" alt="cid:image001.png@01D40F8F.50BED290"></span><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Bell-historians [mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Pickford<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 28 January 2021 1:55 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bell Historians <br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] New book - early Christian handbells<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Probably a bit off-radar for most on this list, but Wordwell have just published a new book by Cormac Bourke on <i>The Early Medieval Hand-Bells of Ireland and Britain</i> – the handbells of early Christianity, produced between the fifth and twelfth centuries. See <a href="https://wordwellbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1962">https://wordwellbooks.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1962</a> for details<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#5B9BD5;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Chris Pickford<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#5B9BD5;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Tel</span></i><span style='color:#5B9BD5;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>: 07811-453525<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#5B9BD5;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>E-mail</span></i><span style='color:#5B9BD5;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <a href="mailto:pickford5040@gmail.com">pickford5040@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>