A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 176
bells, which are so attractive afeature in the historic towns of l>eli;iuni, weregenerally located in these numicipal towers.(Sec Carillon and Chime.) It is noticeablethat these towers would not have seemed to acitizen of Florence, or Brussels, in the fourteenthcentury, essentially bell towers;… … Bell Turret .\t U.^rescomb, Gloucestershire. BELL TURRET. A small tower, usuallytopped with :i spire or pinnacle, and containingone or more bells. BELLY. A convex swelling jxirtion of anysurface, member, or piece, as the under side of abeam which has sagged ; the rounded portion ofa vase-sha|ieil…
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