Acoustic measurements of medieval bells in the Valdres region, Norway

The dataset includes sound level meter readings and audio files of medieval bells, recorded on site of five medieval churches in the Valdres region in Norway:
<br>- Slidredomen church, five bells (SL01-SL05);
<br>- Lomen church, two bells (LO1, LO2);
<br>- Hegge church, two bells (HEG1, HEG2);
<br>- Reinli church, one bell (RE01);
<br>- Hedalen church, two bells (HED01, HED02).
<br>We used a Cesva SC202 sound level meter (https://www.cesva.com/es/productos/sonometros/sc202/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3vO3BhCqARIsAEWblcB9vq9lnKbF8Fa8OF1C4ZaXOsBXxToVBDxMb1JbUXREgGY9DjVQH-QaAtUXEALw_wcB) and a Zoom H4n recorder.

<br>Moreover, the dataset includes post processed recordings of bell swings that we further used for the tonal analysis.

<br>Additionally, the dataset includes a table with the readings of the first five partials for each bell based on the tonal analysis in the freely available Wavanal software (https://www.hibberts.co.uk/wavanal/).

<br>The data were collected as part of the MSCA postdoctoral project "Aural Culture: Decoding the Sacred Soundscapes of Medieval Europe" (acronym: CULT-AURAL, Grant Agreement ID: 101064323). Zorana Dordevic conducted fieldwork in August 2024; Lidia Alvarez-Morales and Zorana Dordevic analyzed acoustic data.