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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Frank Seabright has drawn my attention to a manuscript recently acquired by the British Library – The “Red Book of Bath” (add Ms 89789) – which contains some entries relating to bells. The whole manuscript is available online at <a href="https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/?_gl=1*1eya6d7*_ga*MzUyNjgyNjQyLjE3NDkwNDE0NzY.#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/manifests/ark:/81055/man_10000025.0x000001" target="_blank">https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/?_gl=1*1eya6d7*_ga*MzUyNjgyNjQyLjE3NDkwNDE0NzY.#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/manifests/ark:/81055/man_10000025.0x000001</a> - and as far as I can see the actual references on folio 16 verso to 17 verso are to be found on images 43 to 45 of the online version.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My Latin isn’t good enough to tackle this. Also, the British Library manuscripts catalogue isn’t online at present – they’re still rebuilding it following the cyber-attack in 2023 – so I can’t check the catalogue description to see that these pages are supposed to be about<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyone with a good knowledge of Latin and palaeography willing to take a look and do a translation?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Chris Pickford</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2F5496;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>e-mail: </span><span style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="mailto:pickford5040@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>pickford5040@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>