Rouen, It's History and Monuments - A Guide to Strangers by Théodore Licquet
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sage Johan de la tuille bailly. et sire Guillaumealorge. Johan
mustel. Guille de gaugy. Richart de sommery. Nicolae le roux. Gaultier campion, ronseillers de la Dicteville. et pierres hermes reseueur d'icelle. Proceeding on, we ascend the tower of the belfry, by a flight of two hundred steps, at the top of which is the bell, with the following inscription: â JE SUI: NOMME: ROUVEL: ROEJEN: LE SENON: ME SJSE: SERE: REGAN: DAMJENS: ME FJSTâ We perceive by this inscription, that this bell was named _Rouvel_, and not _Rembol_, as tradition would have it; but it is better known under the name of the Cloche d'argent (silver bell), although not a grain of silver entered into the composition of it. It rings every night at nine o'clock. It also rings peals on occasion of any national rejoicings or public calamities. This bell was made in the year 1447; it was then called the _horloge du Beffroi_. The stone vault, which crosses the street, at the place still called _porte Massacre_ (the murder gate) was erected in 1527. On each side of this arcade, we perceive the dial plates and medallions. Under the Vault, in the centre, we see sculptures representing a shepherd tending sheep. On each of the sides, are other sheep grazing. To the left, and facing the old market place, we may read the following inscription: _Animam suam ponit pro ovibus suis_, which indicates sufficiently the allegory of this composition, if we did not also see on the opposite side these other words: _Pastor bonus_. |
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