Silver sheathed Bi(2223) tapes have been prepared using hot rolling at 800°C. A new rolling apparatus with rolls heated up to 850°C was developed. At 77K and 0T, a critical current density of 18000 A/cm² has been measured. The field dependence of the critical current was investigated at 77K and at 4.2K. The critical current decreased by a factor of 5 at 77K and 1T and 2.1 at 4.2K and 15T with respect to the value at zero field. The decrease rate for fields higher than 0.3T at 77K and higher than 5T at 4.2K was lower than for cold rolled tapes of comparable critical current density. Microstructural and X-ray diffraction analyses have been performed. The hot rolled tapes show higher density and better grain alignment compared to cold rolled tapes.