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Medieval bulla
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Derby Museums Trust, Maria Kneafsey, 2020-02-04 15:44:22
Title
Medieval bulla
Description
English: A complete, medieval, lead papal bulla of Pope Alexander IV, whose papacy lasted from c. AD 1254-1261.

The bulla is a cast lead or lead alloy round seal which has decoration on both faces. The reverse depicts the faces of St Peter and St Paul below the inscription SPASPE (SPA = Sanctus Paulus, SPE = Sanctus Petrus), with a cross between the faces. 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. The faces are surrounded by an intermittent beaded border which also runs around the outside edge of the bulla.

The obverse bears the legend ALE/XANDER/.PP.IIII within a beaded border. There is an omega symbol above the 'PP', which is an abbreviation of pastor pastorum - meaning 'shepherd of the shepherds'.

There is evidence of the cord holes, through which the bulla would have been attached to the document, at the top and bottom edge of the seal.

The die axis is 12 o'clock. The bulla measures 38.1mm in diameter, 4.5mm thick, and weighs 41.8g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 1254 and 1261
date QS:P571,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1254-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1261-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 977292
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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/1090750
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1090750/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/977292
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License
Object location52° 45′ 20.16″ N, 1° 00′ 30.74″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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