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Some of these are sybols used in astrology, q.v.  yrs, tom ault

On Mon, 7 May 2007 14:53:59 +0100
  Anne Willis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and 
>culture
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> 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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