Preferred label

Light damage        

Alternative label

Light darkening; Substrate darkening        

Scope note

Irreversible chemical changes to an artifact resulting from cumulative light exposure. Letter substrates may experience light damage in the form of fading, discoloration, or brittle fibers.        

Parent concept

Damage       

uh-linked-data/concept/87        

Related concept                                                     

Conservation       

uh-linked-data/concept/460

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, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/307