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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3125808, member: 74834&quot;]I have a lead bulla much like the OP, but a bit later. It was issued by Pope Benedict XII, one of the Avignon popes, and I suppose this lead seal might have been issued in Avignon instead of Rome. It&#039;s rather oval and there&#039;s a deep hole at the lower side, probably because there was a ribbon through it, fastening it to the charter it came with. I suppose that charter was of vellum, written in dozens or hundreds of copies to disseminate the papal text into the Christian world. All with bullas.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]796515[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This bulla must have been in the ground, it&#039;s covered in grey grime, and the hole is silted up. Many others probably slumbered in ecclesiastical archives for centuries before these were ripped open and destroyed, for instance in Napoleonic times. Mine is much lighter than that of Nicholas:</p><p>Lead bulla, Avignon, Pope Benedictus XII (1334-1342). Obv. Saints Paul and Peter under text SPE-SPA. Rev. BENE/ DICTVS/ PP-XII. 35 x 40 mm, 49.22 gr., 12h.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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