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Bell-Cot

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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BELL-GABLE, or Bell-Turret, the place where one or more bells are hung in chapels or small churches which have no towers. Bell-cots are sometimes double, as at Northborough and Coxwell; a very common form in France and Switzerland admits of three bells. In these countries also they are frequently of wood and attached to the ridge. In later times bell-turrets were much ornamented; on the continent of Europe they run up into a sort of small, slender spire, called fleche in France, and guglio in Italy. A bell-cot, gable or turret often holds the "Sanctus-bell," rung at the saying of the "Sanctus" at the beginning of the canon of the Mass, and at the consecration and elevation of the Elements in the Roman Church. This differs but little from the common bell-cot, except that it is generally on the top of the arch dividing the nave from the chancel. At Cleeve, however, the bell seems to have been placed in a cot outside the wall. Sanctus-bells have also been placed over the gables of porches.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bell-Cot'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bell-cot.html. 1910.
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