Accession No
1948.1730 B
Description
Papal bulla of lead. On one side is the inscription of the pope's name, surrounded by a beaded border: 'BENEDICTUS PP:XI' ('Pope Benedict XI'). On the other side, the faces of Saint Paul and Saint Peter are depicted, facing each other and separated by beaded borders. Their identities are indicated by an inscription above: 'SPASPE'. The surfaces are beginning to delaminate.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton
Period
Medieval 14th century 1303-1304
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (4th Lord Braybrooke) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1730 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Lead
Local Term
Measurements
37mm
Events
Description (Inscription)
Inscription: 'BENEDICTUS PP:XI'; 'SPASPE'.
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver
Context (Display)
Previously mounted on perspex display board with handwritten label: 'BENEDICT XI 1303-1304 Bartlow Hills, Essex Braybrooke coll. 48.1730 B'. 'Bartlow Hills, Essex' has been crossed through and replaced with 'Union Garden, Linton, Cambs' in ball-point pen.
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver
Context (Field collection)
Found in Union Gardens, 1853.
Event Date 1853
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Seal of Pope Benedict XI. One side represents the two saints Peter and Paul with the inscriptions SPA SPE.
Event Date 1948
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Papal bulla of lead. On one side is the inscription of the pope's name, surrounded by a beaded border: 'BENEDICTUS PP:XI' ('Pope Benedict XI'). On the other side, the faces of Saint Paul and Saint Peter are depicted, facing each other and separated by beaded borders. Their identities are indicated by an inscription above: 'SPASPE'. The surfaces are beginning to delaminate.
Event Date 13/11/2023
Author: Esther Laver
FM:18960
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