{"id":1208,"date":"2016-09-21T12:20:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catedraldepamplona.com\/en\/?page_id=1208"},"modified":"2023-10-16T09:19:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T09:19:18","slug":"22-campanas-torre-sur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catedraldepamplona.com\/en\/el-museo\/estancias\/22-campanas-torre-sur\/","title":{"rendered":"37 South Tower’s Bells"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the 9 o\u2019clock strikes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Measurements<\/u>: 1.21 m diameter by 1.10 m height in the vessel.<\/p>\n

Weight<\/u>: approximately, 436 Kg.<\/p>\n

Name<\/u>: this one is used to sound the nine o\u2019clock chimes to call the Canons to the daily prayer of Laudes, which is held at half past nine.<\/p>\n

Smelting year<\/u>: 1609 by Juan de Villanueva.<\/p>\n

Little Bell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Measurements<\/u>: 0.50 m diameter by 0.60 m height in the vessel.<\/p>\n

Weight<\/u>: approximately, 72 Kg.<\/p>\n

Name<\/u>: \u201cCimbalillo\u201d, or \u201clittle bell\u201d given its small size and stretched shape.<\/p>\n

Use<\/u>: this bell is used to start the chiming of the other bells in the towers. This is why, differently to the other bells, its cord extended outside the tower to a window of the bell-ringer\u2019s house from where the main altar could be seen.<\/p>\n

Smelting year<\/u>: 1609 probably also by Juan de Villanueva.<\/p>\n

La Juana<\/strong><\/p>\n

Measurements<\/u>: 1.30 m diameter by 1.25 m height in the vessel.<\/p>\n

Weight<\/u>: approximately, 833 Kg.<\/p>\n

Name<\/u>: from the invocation to Saint John the Baptist which it features in an engraving in Latin: \u201cSaint John the Baptist, pray for us\u201d.<\/p>\n

Smelting year<\/u>: 1792 by Jos\u00e9 Marcout.<\/p>\n

Silver<\/strong><\/p>\n

Measurements<\/u>: 0.80 m diameter by 0.80 m height in the vessel.<\/p>\n

Weight<\/u>: approximately, 319 Kg.<\/p>\n

Name<\/u>: surely due to its whiter original colour.<\/p>\n

Use<\/u>: it was used, along with the Infants\u2019 bell (P\u00e1rvulos) when a child died before the use of reason.<\/p>\n

Smelting year<\/u>: 1792 by Jos\u00e9 Marcout.<\/p>\n

Prayers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Measurements<\/u>: 1.50 m diameter by 1.30 m height in the vessel.<\/p>\n

Weight<\/u>: approximately, 1,331 Kg.<\/p>\n

Name<\/u>: due to its daily use.<\/p>\n

Use<\/u>: it was used to call to prayers on working days, Sundays and minor festivities.<\/p>\n

Smelting year<\/u>: 1802 by Bernardo de Mendoza based on another bell that cracked.<\/p>\n

Gabriela<\/strong><\/p>\n

Measurements<\/u>: 1.67 m diameter by 1.35 m height in the vessel.<\/p>\n

Weight<\/u>: approximately, 2,697 kg.<\/p>\n

Name<\/u>: it gets its name from the Archangel Saint Gabriel, whose Incarnation message is engraved in Latin on the bell itself.<\/p>\n

Use<\/u>: it is currently cracked. It probably cracked during a celebration that lasted for hours in the evening in the 19th to 20th century.<\/p>\n

Smelting year<\/u>: 18 July 1519<\/p>\n

For infants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Measurements<\/u>: 0.80 m diameter by 0.75 m height in the vessel.<\/p>\n

Weight<\/u>: approximately, 225 Kg.<\/p>\n

Name<\/u>: given due to its particular use.<\/p>\n

Use<\/u>: used along with the silver bell when a child died.<\/p>\n

Smelting year<\/u>: 1792 by Jos\u00e9 Marcout.<\/p>\n

Saint B\u00e1rbara<\/strong><\/p>\n

Measurements<\/u>: 0.51 m diameter by 0.59 m height in the vessel.<\/p>\n

Weight<\/u>: approximately, 77 Kg.<\/p>\n

Name<\/u>: from the invocation to Saint B\u00e1rbara which it features in an engraving in Latin.<\/p>\n

Use<\/u>: when there was a storm. Saint B\u00e1rbara is, according to tradition, the protecting Saint in storms.<\/p>\n

Smelting year<\/u>: 1836.<\/p>\n

Urs\u00faa Irigoyen, I., Las campanas de la catedral de Pamplona<\/em>, Pamplona, Capilla de M\u00fasica, Catedral M. de Pamplona, 1984. https:\/\/dialnet.unirioja.es\/servlet\/libro?codigo=212173<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/campaners.com\/php\/campanar.php?numer=336<\/a><\/p>\n

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