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Medieval : Bulla
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York Museums Trust, Rania Zein-Elabdin, 2014-05-21 16:31:52
Title
Medieval : Bulla
Description
English: A lead papal bulla of Pope Innocent IV dating to the medieval period. Innocent IV was Pope from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254.

The obverse of the bulla is stamped with the faces of the saints Peter and Paul within a border of raised pellets with a cross between them. Above the heads within the border, the saints' abbreviations are nearly visible with 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and 'SPE' for St. Peter to the right. The reverse is stamped with INNO//CENTIVS//.PP .IIII. also within a border of raised pellets. The raised curved line above 'PP' signifies that it is a contraction of a longer word or phrase. In this case, 'PP' stands for 'pastor pastorum' which translates as 'shepherd of the shepherds'.

Papal Bulla such as this acted as seals on official Papal documents to authenticate their provenance and authority.

The metal is a mid greyish-white colour and is worn. The bulla is 38.85mm in diameter, 5.69mm thick and weighs 50.73g
Depicted place (County of findspot) York
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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FindID: 614723
Old ref: YORYM-8C2118
Filename: GY0001.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/469251
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/469251/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/614723
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