File:Medieval Papal Bulla (FindID 284970).jpg
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Katie Hinds, 2010-01-26 12:22:56 |
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Title |
Medieval Papal Bulla |
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Description |
English: A Medieval lead Papal bulla of Pope Innocent IV, whose papacy lasted from 1243 to 1254 AD. It measures 37.79mm in diameter, 5.29mm in thickness, and weighs 41.5g. Damage on the obverse to the chord hole has apparently led to a hole being pierced through to the reverse (and perhaps reuse as a pendant?). There is patination on the inside surface of this. The chord hole at the other end is barely visible. More recent damage is visible mainly on the obverse.
The obverse depicts the faces of St Peter and St Paul below the inscription SPASPE (SPA = Sanctus Paulus, SPE = Sanctus Petrus), all of which are surrounded by a beaded border, flanking the outside edge of the bulla. St. Paul is seen on the left looking right, with a long pointed beard, and St. Peter is on the right facing left, with a rounded face and beard and hair formed from pellets. Each is within a C or backwards-C beaded border, joined to the main. The reverse bears the legend INNO/CENTIVS/.PP.IIII. , within a beaded border. There is an omega above the ‘PP’, which is an abbreviation of pastor pastorum - meaning shepherd of the shepherds. Papal bullae were used as seals on official papal documents sent out from Rome (during the schism, Avignon) as a means of authentication. Tim Pestell has stated on other bulla records: "Papal bulls came as two basic types, according to the contents of the document: Tituli, or "Letters of Grace", essentially granted or confirmed rights, conferred benefices or promulgated statutes. They generally had their lead bullae attached with cords of silk. Mandamenta, or "Letters of Justice" were mandates that conveyed papal orders, prohibitions or injunctions, and had their bullae attached by hemp threads". They may have also had a secondary use as an amulet. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Wiltshire | ||
Date |
between 1243 and 1254 date QS:P571,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1243-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1254-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Accession number |
FindID: 284970 Old ref: WILT-9B90B5 Filename: Wright0110bulla.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/236346 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/236346/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/284970 |
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Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows |
File change date and time | 10:46, 26 January 2010 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 3,000 px |
Image height | 1,616 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:57, 25 January 2010 |
Date metadata was last modified | 10:46, 26 January 2010 |
IIM version | 2 |