Ancient hand bells will be the subject of a lecture on April 4 at Clinton Centre, Queen Elizabeth Road, Enniskillen on April 4.
The talk is part of Fermanagh District Council's Art of Regeneration environmental sculpture art res
idency programme.Cormac Bourke, keeper of medieval archaeology Ulster Museum, Belfast will give a talk on early insular hand-bells.
Sculptor Holger Lonze is currently artist in residence for Fermanagh District Council's Art of Regeneraration Programme. Through a series of environmental sculpture workshops with the local community he will bring the Bronze Age alive by using five thousand years old technology to cast small bronze sculptures inspired by the Fermanagh Landscape and archaeology.
Hand-bells of iron and bronze are common to the early medieval Church in Ireland and Britain.They survive in large numbers and illustrate the sophistication of contemporary metalworking.
This report considers their production, chronology and distribution, as well as their original function and long-term roles as relics of the saints.
Reference will be made to documentary sources and pictorial or iconographic evidence will also be briefly reviewed.
Talk starts Saturday April 4, Higher Bridges Gallery, Clinton Centre, Enniskillen 8 -9.30pm. Admission £5
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