 | George Redford, Thomas Hurry Riches - 1818 - 390 pages
...bells used in churches, are said to have originated in the circumstance of church-bells being first, invented by Paulinus, Bishop of Nola in Campania, about the year 400. " The people were first called together to prayers, at stated hours in the day, by the sound of a bell,... | |
 | 1835 - 550 pages
...4), particularly to the necks of tiheep. The large bells now used in churches are said to have been invented by Paulinus, bishop of Nola in Campania, about the year 400, whence the Nola and Campana of the lower Latinity. They were probably introduced into England very... | |
 | William Pulleyn - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 474 pages
...upon the hem of the High Priest's robe. The large bells now used in Churches, are said to have been invented by Paulinus, bishop of Nola in Campania, about the year 400. They were probably introduced into England very soon after their invention, and are first mentioned by Bede about... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Classical dictionaries - 1853 - 478 pages
...upon the hem of the High Priest's robe. The large bells now used in Churches, are said to have been invented by Paulinus, bishop of Nola in Campania, about the year 400. They were probably introduced into England very soon after their invention, and are lirst mentioned by Bede about... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1865 - 232 pages
..." Think when the bells do chime Tie angel's music." O. HERBERT. CHURCH bells are said to have been invented by Paulinus, bishop of Nola, in Campania, about the year 400. They were probably introduced into England soon after their invention, and are first mentioned by Bede in the... | |
 | James Larkin - Brass founding - 1866 - 336 pages
...Tin upon Tin 69.55 3.305 11 12.5 BELLS. THE large bells now used in churches, are said to have been invented by Paulinus, Bishop of Nola in Campania, about the year 400 : whence th "Nola" and "Campania" of the lower Latinit^ They were probably introduced into England... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 526 pages
...strayed, particularly to the necks of sheep. The largo bells now used in churches are said to have been invented by Paulinus, bishop of Nola in Campania, about the year 400, whence the Nola and Campana of the lower Latinity. They were probably introduced into England very... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1867 - 696 pages
...church bells, are never spoken of even among the Greeks and Romans. They are supposed to have been invented by Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, in Campania, about the year 400 AD, whence the Nola and Campania of the lower Latinity. They were probably introduced into England... | |
 | Edmund Beckett Baron Grimthorpe - Bells - 1874 - 458 pages
...in some of the Encyclopaedias : — • The large bells now used in churches are said to have been invented by Paulinus, bishop of Nola in Campania, about the year 400. They were probably introduced into England very soon after. They are mentioned by Bede about the close of the... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literary curiosa - 1874 - 876 pages
...1693. In 1696 its notes were at twenty per cent, discount. The invention of bells is attributed to Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, in Campania, about the year 400. They were originally introduced into churches as a defence against thunder and lightning. They were first hung... | |
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The large bells now used in Churches, are said to have been invented by Paulinus, bishop of Nola in Campania, about the year 400. They were probably introduced into England very soon after their invention, and are first mentioned by Bede about the close... 
