Medieval Papal Lead Seal - Bulla - Innocent VIII, 1484-1492

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paul27613 Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 08/28/2014 9:16 pm another delightful item while found photographing for my electronic store. see picture!! If you know nothing about papal seals, start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull These chunky lead seals will be between 36mm and 40mm, and will tip the scales past 45 grams. THUMP (the sound when you drop it) The other fun aspect of a papal bulla is that you can learn about the popes of the Catholic Church. Unfortunately Innocent VIII was badly misnamed. I could even argue the he could have been named Pope Blemish Corruptus but hindsight is always 20 / 20. The wikipedia view of Innocent VIII is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VIII a more jaundice view (note the website name --one-evil-- http://one-evil.org/content/people_...nt_viii.html Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/28/2014 9:59 pm Very interesting piece. To think that this seal was attached to a document that the pope wrote Report this Post to the Staff
paul27613 Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 08/28/2014 10:14 pm What I forgot to mention is that you can locate the actual papal bulla, the document and the seal with string attached, although for a lot more money. I recall seeing one (maybe not so old) for around 1500$. Report this Post to the Staff
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