Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 by Various
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jewelled shrine in which it is preserved, accompanied by a historical
and descriptive Essay by the Rev. William Reeves, D.D., M.R.I.A. By an Irish inscription on the back of the case or shrine of the bell, which Doctor Reeves has translated, he clearly proves that the case or shrine was made in the end of the eleventh century, and that the bell itself is several hundred years older; and also that it has {143} been in the hands of the Mulhollands since the time the case or shrine was made; that they bore the same name, and are frequently mentioned as custodians of this bell in the "_Annals of the Four Masters_." We have received the following Catalogues:--William Heath's, 29. Lincoln Inn Fields, Select Catalogue, No. 4., of Second-Hand Books, perfect, and in good condition. Thomas Cole's, 15. Great Turnstile, Catalogue of a Strange Collection from the Library of a Curious Collector. John Petheram's, 94. High Holborn, Catalogue of a Collection of British (engraved) Portraits. Cornish's (Brothers), 37. New Street, Birmingham, List No. IX. for 1850 of English and Foreign Books. * * * * * BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. (In continuation of Lists in former Nos.) Odd Volumes. BLOOMFIELD'S RECENSIO SYNOPTICA, Vols. III. and IX. |
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