Bell no. 10022

Bell gable with four openings, bottom middle

Basilica di Santa Sabina all’Aventino

Chronology

Period
XIX
Date
1853

Features

Measurements
Height, ca. 85 cm; diameter 94 cm.
Inscription
Around the top reads EX MUNIFICENTIA PRINCIPIS SOPHIAE ODESCALCHI HUIUS CANOBII OPTIMAE MERITAE • MDCCCLIII. Around the bottom reads ANTONIO MASSA FONDITORE IN ROMA
Decoration
The main body is divided in four registers by a number of lines. The top register has five lion heads and one tiny coat of arms, that of the Odescalchi family. The second register shows four lion heads, like those in the previous register but slightly larger. Between them are the following images: The bust of the Virgin with Child, a monstrance flanked by two angels holding candles, a male individual, perhaps an angel, and a female saint (St Agatha or St Lucy) holding a palm. The third register shows two motives with a feline head in the middle, each one on opposite sides of the bell. The rim is decorated with a vegetal relief.
Bell founder
Antonio Massa

Use

Method
Electrified. With a hammer.
Publications
Unpublished

Basilica di Santa Sabina all’Aventino

Piazza Pietro d’Illiria, 1, 00153 (Rione XII Ripa) Rome