On a Leaden “ Bulla,’ found at Warminster. 45 
Grace” the leaden seal was attached by silken cords, but in Bulls of 
Justice by hempen strings. There are some interesting notices of 
Bullae, both classical and ecclesiastical, in Notes and Queries. 
Leaden Bulla found at Warminster. 
The inscription on the obverse of the Warminster Bulla is 
BONIFATIUS PP VIII. The F. is of that peculiar form 
which prevailed in England in the fifteenth century, having a front 
stroke like the trunk of an elephant. It is worthy of remark that 
T stands in the place of the C of the modern spelling of the name. 
Some perhaps may think this an evidence that “tius” as well as 
“ejus” was pronounced by the Italians of the time nearly like “tshus,” 
but it may also indicate that the name Bonifacius being derivable 
from bonus, good, and facio, I do, or fari, to speak, may mean, speaker 
of good words, (e.g., in documents authenticated by the seal,) as well 
as “ doer of good deeds,” the ordinary interpretation. On the reverse 
the heads of St. Paul and St. Peter are each surrounded by a beaded 
line for a nimbus. St. Paul is represented on the left with a pointed 
beard, and is distinguished by the superscription SPA., as an 
abbreviation for Sanctus Paulus: St. Peter has a short round-shaped 
beard, and has above his head the letters SPE., an abbreviation 
for Sanctus Petrus. The lead is somewhat battered where the two 
pin-holes are visible, and at the opposite edge. This may have been 
purposely done in the endeavour to secure the suspending strings, 
or it may be the result of accident. 
- Pope Boniface the Ninth was elected A.D. 1889, and died at 
Rome, A.D. 1404. 
