3. "I was third ring.
8. (Great bell) "I to church the living call, and to the grave do summons."
Inscription suggested as being suitable for six bells, in the Ecclesiologist (New Series), vol. i. p. 209.:
1. "Ave Pater, Rex, Creator:
2. Ave Fili, Lux, Salvator:
3. Ave Pax et Charitas.
4. Ave Simplex, Ave Trine;
5. Ave Regnans sine fine,
6. Ave Sancta Trinitas."
Inscriptions are often to be found in Lombardic characters, and on bells of great antiquity. Can any of your ecclesiological correspondents furnish me with the date of the earliest known example?