medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I have not seen synodal decrees about baptizing bells, but I just encountered one from Cologne in 1536 saying to bless them to be trumpets of the Church Militant. See Mansi, Sacrorum conciliorum... vol. 32, col. 1275-76.
Tom Izbicki
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