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- Emily Dickinson's Playful Letterlocking https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/emily-dickinsons-playful-letterlocking/ 3 comments
- Recent research highlights the use of letterlocking techniques https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/science/european-royals-letterlocking.html 7 comments
- Letterlocking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterlocking 21 comments
- Before envelopes, people protected messages with letterlocking https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-did-people-do-before-envelopes-letterlocking 28 comments
- Mary, Queen of Scots, sealed her final missive with an intricate spiral letterlock https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/mary-queen-of-scots-sealed-her-final-missive-with-an-intricate-spiral-letterlock/ 15 comments science
- Scientists have decoded the hidden secrets of “dead letters” from the Renaissance using X-ray microtomography and 3D models. This new system will not only uncover lost correspondence but shed light on “letterlocks” as a form of ancient data protection. https://www.inverse.com/innovation/ancient-history-unlocked-with-xray-tech 3 comments science
- An international team of scholars has read an unopened letter from early modern Europe — without breaking its "letterlocking" seal or damaging it in any way — using an automated computational flattening algorithm and X-ray microtomography as described today in Nature Communications. https://news.mit.edu/2021/researchers-virtually-open-sealed-historic-letters-0302 10 comments science
- Before Envelopes, People Protected Messages With Letterlocking: For centuries, senders used folds, slits, and wax seals to guard correspondence from prying eyes. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-did-people-do-before-envelopes-letterlocking?utm_medium=atlas-page&utm_source=twitter 9 comments books