Preferred label

Slit/hole (techniques)        

Alternative label

Slit/hole (letterlocking manipulation); Slit(s)/hole(s); S/H        

Scope note

The technique of breaching a substrate to allow a lock to pass through, or to otherwise aid in the writing or closing of a letter. One of the principal manipulations of letterlocking.       

Parent concept  

Letterlocking manipulation        

uh-linked-data/concept/298    

Related concept               

Letterlocking category        

uh-linked-data/concept/225

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/499