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SIGNS.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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1. The great bells at Canterbury in the 12th century; one took twenty-four and another thirty-two men to sound it.

2. A most intricate system of talking with the fingers, used by the Clugniacs to indicate their wants in hall.

3. Gerbert furnishes a minute account of a similar manual telegraph made use of by the precentor in a choir.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'SIGNS.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/signs.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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