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BULLA

Unique ID: LEIC-B73947

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Lead Papal Bulla of Innocent IIII (1243-1254), 37mm in diameter and 4mm thick. The front surface shows the image of St Peter and St Paul flanking a cross. The whole image is set in a beaded border. The reverse has the inscription 'INNO//CENTIVS//PP IIII'

Class: Innocent IV
Inscription: INNO//CENTIVS//PP IIII

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1243
Date to: AD 1254

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Diameter: 37 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Decoration style: Figurative

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Kibworth Beauchamp (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6893
Four figure Latitude: 52.530634
Four figure longitude: -0.999028
1:25K map: SP6893
1:10K map: SP69SE
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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