From the 9th century large pots were cemented into bell-towers to help boost the chimes of the church bells. A fine 9th-century collection of painted Badorf wares, for example, was found in the church of Meschede in Westphalia, and larger reliefband amphorae were used in 10th- and 11th-century churches. The dating of many pottery types has been helped by architectural studies of the churches into which the pots were cemented.
The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied