HANDBELL. - When in the 12th century the elevation of the sacred Species was introduced into the Mass, c. or handbells, already known among ancient peoples, began to be used to draw the attention of the faithful. The use became common with the introduction of the Roman Missal under St. Pius V. The Ritus celebrandi prescribes a signal with the c. at the Sanctus and at the Elevation. In the solemn Masses of the Roman patriarchal basilicas no signals are given with the c. According to the admonition of the Roman Ritual, when carrying the Most Blessed Sacrament to a sick person, the cleric "campanulam iugiter pulset", to draw the attention of the faithful.

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BIBL.: G. Durando, Rationale div. off., Naples 1839, pp. 4, 42, 53; R. de Fleury, La Messe, Paris 1885-89, VI, pp. 154-64 and plates CDXCVII-DI; Schellen, in Kirchenlexikon, Freiburg im Br. 1897, coll. 1773-74; P. Lavedan, Clochette, in Dict. illustré de la mythologie et des antiquités grecques et romanes, p. 250; H. Leclercq, Clochette, in DACL. III, coll. 1954-91.

Filippo Oppenheim

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