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 ANTIQUITIES chariti " ; and at Mawgaii-in-Pydar, the figure of a priest in cope, circa 1420. Church Bells.- — -Among the church bells of Cornwall, which (excluding those belonging to new district churches) have been computed to be 872 in number, fifty-two are of pre-Reforma- tion date. Several of the older bells bear legends in Lombardic letters, such as " Sancte Johannis ora pro nobis," and " Sancta Maria ora pro nobis," which occur on two of the bells at Zennor. The first of the three bells at Mylor bears " In honore Santi Georgii ". The ma- jority of mediaeval bell inscriptions are in Gothic letters, and most of them are in the form of invocations of the saints, among whom some of the Cornish saints are named. Many of the later church bells of Cornwall were cast by the Penningtons who were well- known bell-founders during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and members of the family lived at Exeter, Bodmin, Lezant, and Stoke-Climsland. There are in Cornwall no less than 352 church bells in 105 belfries which have been cast by this celebrated family of bell- founders. Ancient Mural and Other Paintings. — The following examples of old paintings on walls, roofs, etc., of Cornish churches are recorded in Mr. C. E. Keyser's list published in 1883 by the Science and Art Department, South Kensing- ton : — 39