Help to read these characters

[mk86]

Could anyone help please. I can read some of them but most are not. Many thanks in advance.

 

 

[mk86]

And these too. Sorry I couldn't upload them in the same post

 

 

 

[889]

You've got a much better chance of a useful response if you post photos that make it easy to see the characters. Light from the side when shooting engraved inscriptions and keep the focus sharp.

[mk86]

Could anyone help please. I can only read some of them. Many thanks in advance.

 

 

 

 

 

[889]

People want to help but you have to post good photos.

[mk86]

I will try to get better photos again

[mk86]

I hope these photos are clear enough. Many thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

[mk86]

And these

 

 

 

 

 

[mk86]

Anyone is kind to help?

[889]

The text turns out to be too difficult for me, but it might provide a helpful clue to someone else if you could mention what the object is.

 

[mk86]

These are characters on an antique bronze bell from 19th century. 

[Publius]

捐出公貲崇修集福鑄造銅鐘以供祭祀具有銘文期傳永久

 

銘曰

東究社號

廟宇崢嶸

□生孝□

仁毅宣鳴

出功出德

不沒村名

山南勝景

好發心誠

民澤普及

可鐫可銘

□□□□

基圖鞏固

地氣鍾靈

銅鐘庸鑄

家慶永寧

□□長在

[mk86]

Wow great thank Publius very very much for the transcription. That are a lot characters. I guess the remaining ones are local names and therefore hard to read.

[mk86]

Please if possible help yo read these other side of the bronze.

 

 

 

 

 

[mk86]

And these last characters ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[889]

Your first new post simply seems to be a list of those who donated and respective amounts.

[Publius]

Wow, that's a wall of characters. And you didn't say it's from Vietnam (so there might be occasionally made-in-Vietnam characters or 字喃 which I'm not qualified to read).

 

Yes, the first block is just a list of donors. 本村功德：黎得孝供錢一貫 etc.

 

The second block says:

止孝會恭進

皇朝嗣德二十四年二月初二日命匠鑄成銅鐘一□重四十斤

河內省常信府上福縣東究總東究社不沒村止孝會 who and who and who...

Sorry can't transcribe the whole thing for you.

[mk86]

Yes 889, these characters are all from a bronze bell. Too many so I couldn't upload at one time. Very sorry for the long post.

 

 

[mk86]

Thank you very much again Publius for the great help. I was told it may originate from Vietnam but not so sure. The ancient Vietnamese language was similar to Han zi. The rest of the characters as you said are names of donators.

 

 

[mk86]