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If you hear the word “tintinnabulation,” you are almost certainly going to think of Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, “The Bells,” perhaps only because you are unlikely to remember anyplace else you’ve heard ...

The bells have finally rung again after sitting still for 90 years A set of Somerset church bells which have been silent for most of the past century have rung out once again. The bell mechanism at St ...

After a 117-year hiatus, the iconic church bells of a central Philippines town will ring in the country once again, ending one of the most contentious quarrels between the United States and the ...

Created in China in around 2000 BC, incorporated into Christianity in the sixth and seventh centuries, and common throughout the Middle Ages, bells are used to mark the passage of time and announce ...

Four-sided hand-bells are emblematic of the early Irish church. They were used from St Patrick’s time in the 5th century and – like the cow-bells they copied – were made at first from sheet iron.

Ahead of the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, eight of the cathedral’s church bells were renovated and blessed before their re-installation in the north tower. Philippe Jost, who has ...

Bells can be found everywhere. As the tallest structures on the city skyline for such a time, church towers allowed an unobstructed delivery of sound that performed functions beyond the call to ...

Three new bells arrived for installation at Notre-Dame on November 7. One of the bells had been used for the Summer Olympics in Paris. Chesnot / Getty Images For the first time in more than five years ...