Letterlocking: Joseph Scaliger’s spiral-locked letter to Francisco Donzà, Europe (c.1593–1606) (UH0078) from reverse a number in c language Watch Video
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Description: Modelled after Joseph Scaliger’s letter to Francisco Donzà (c.1593–1606), Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS Bywater 63, fol. 52.nnWhen Dutch historian Joseph Scaliger (1540–1609) or his letterlocker (e.g. secretary) secured his letterpacket shut with an attached “spiral lock,” he built in so much security that the recipient would have needed to tear the lock at five different points to open the letter. Applying sealing wax over areas of the paper lock not only enabled him t
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