[Bell Historians] Latin translations

[David Bryant]

>Seems a good and plausible bit of textual analysis to me, John. Before we 
>debate how 'debased' the Latin is, maybe George can tell us the context / 
>date of the quotation and in particular how certain he is that his 
>transcription is accurate (since, eg, the 'velut' seems to have been 
>mis-transcribed).

It's hardly unknown for inscriptions on bells to contain errors - 
particularly as many earlier founders were illiterate or at best 
semi-literate.

David