Preferred label

Soot in seal 

Alternative label

Scope note

Small particles of oxidized carbon visible in a wax seal, the result of holding sealing wax over an open flame. Soot in seal can be avoided by using a melting spoon to liquify sealing adhesives.    

Parent concept    

Material feature        

uh-linked-data/concept/332 

Related concept        

Seal (locking appendage)        

uh-linked-data/concept/451

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/501