medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Anne:
They are all signs of the zodiac.
Stephen
--- Anne Willis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> Can anyone help with this one?
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> Someone recently examined the bells at Clent, and
> found that on the third
> (by Joseph Smith of Edgbaston, 1718) H.B. Walters
> had missed a row of
> symbols in the first row of decoration below the
> inscription band. Using
> the nearest available characters in MS Word, the
> symbols are something like:
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> * * :* * * : 8 * :* * * :
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> Most are near matches, except the 8 which is like a
> pair of spectacles set
> diagonally (no MS symbol equivalent). Basically,
> these are pairs of symbols
> separated by colons.
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> Can anyone advise on either the meaning of the
> individual symbols or the
> significance of the whole string?
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> Many thanks
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> Anne
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>
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