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Description: | Papal bulla in heavily corroded and friable condition, of Clement VI (1342-52). The script of the Pope's name on the obverse (CLE/MENS/PP VI) is difficult to read but the small floret at the start of the text, and the reversed bar to the 'N' are characteristic of Clement's bulla. The reverse with the portraits of SS Peter and Paul is barely visible in the corrosion. Bullae of Clement VI are relatively frequent and mark an upsurge in the use of papal documents about the time of the Black Death. The interesting feature of this bulla is the apparent cut mark running vertically along the centre of the bulla obverse, which appears to be the consequence of the cord (of string or silk) which attached the bulla to the original document, being deliberately removed. This cutting has led to a fragment of the bulla breaking away from the bottom of the object's obverse. Presumably the object was cut, bent back slightly for the cord to be extracted, and then bent flat again. Some slight cracks on the reverse side would support this idea, but any such operation must have occurred in antiquity as the bulla is now too fragile for it to have happened recently. The reason for removing the bulla is not known, although this practice has now been noticed on a number of examples from across the country. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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