Unlocking History Concept uri
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/158
Preferred label
foundational model
Alternative label
Scope note
A model that accurately replicates how a historic original would have worked, based on the evidence of an observational model and the process of making working models. A foundational model becomes the basis for simulacra, overlays, foldables, teaching models, prop models.
Top concept
objects
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/607
Broader/Parent concept
observational model
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/350
Related concept
simulacrum
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/484
The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute Concept uri
Not in AAT
The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri
Not in LoB
Scope note source reference
Source
Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.
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