Front:
AG0STO 9 DE 1356
OLD BELL SAN JOSE, SAN MIGUEL CHURCH,
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
118215
Back:
HERMITAGE
(ART COMPANY
CHICAGO
ZPO
The old San Jose bell bearing the Spanish
inscription, “San Jose ruega por nosotros," --St.
Joseph, pray for us-was cast and hammered in
Spain in 1356, brought to Santa Fe in 1712 and
placed in the San Miguel Church in 1848. It
is nearly four inches thick, about the size of the
Liberty Bell and weighs 780 pounds. The San
Jose bell like all the Spanish bells bearing the
cross was not cast smooth. It is made of copper and
silver, iron and gold. The sweet old world tones
made by a clapper suspended through an opening
in the crown suggest the quiet and peace of the
Andalusian hills after the triumph of the Christians
over the Moors.
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