A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Campanology

by George Grove

CAMPANOLOGY (from campana and λογος), the art and mystery of Bells and Bell-ringing. See Bell, Change, Carillon, Cambridge Quarters, Chimes [App. p.576 added "Cambridge Quarters" to this list].

The following list of works on Campanology, published during the present century, is given in Rev. Woolmore Wigram's 'Change-ringing disentangled' (1871) as those most useful to ringers in general.

1. On the Bells themselves:—'Belfries and Ringers,' H. T. Ellacombe; 'Clocks and Bells,' E. B. Denison; 'Account of Church Bells,' W. C. Lukis.

2. On Change-ringing:—'Campanologia,' W. Shipway; 'Campanologia,' H. Hubbard; 'Change-ringing,' C. A. W. Troyte; 'Church Bells and Ringing,' W. T. Maunsell; 'Change-ringing,' W. Sottenshall.

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