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Description: | Medieval seal; impressed lead papal bulla of Pope Boniface IX, dating to 1389-1404. The seal has the usual portraits of Saint Paul and Saint Peter on the front face, identified by the letters 'SP[A]' and '[S]PE' above the heads. The faces are shown facing three quarters forwards and towards the middle. They are within beaded ovals and there is a beaded line around the edge of the bulla. The back face of the bulla has the name of the pope 'BONI / FATIUS / PP VIIII'. The bulla is somewhat worn, especially on the front face. The whole has a thick, even, cream-white patina.Height 34.7mm, width 36.2mm, thickness 5.8mm, weight 43.97gThere are two other bullae of Pope Boniface IX recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: BERK-47FAF2 and HESH-F307A6
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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