[Bell Historians] Oldest Christian Bell

[Peter Whisker]

PS: and there are examples in the National Museum in Dublin.
On Aug 12, 2012 3:57 PM, "Peter Whisker" <peter at k2edoZB3ttgU6UE_pXMLX-bzOCSWeAZTr8y8j1XIXELMoHjYhLylN8CHNfs55T-YoQ9I2C7UOPeGnFE.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

> Celtic missionary monks carried bells in the 5th C. The Irish Gaelic word
> for bell, clog, has come into English as clock presumably as early clocks
> had/were a bell.
> On Aug 12, 2012 2:45 PM, "Peter" <peter at 2p1Dz52zsdReLUZ_3RyHlFByM5xCKdfGI1I7Xa33QPjmJutK6wvODwAdOGhdexTKjRjs_ZK73iMsQw.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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>> I was asked this morning if I knew which is the oldest Christian bell.
>> Apparently it is one cast in Spain in 815 and is presently in Cincinnati.
>> Is this correct? If not, which is the oldest Christian Bell?****
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>> Peter Humphreys****
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