Preferred label

Substrate map

Alternative label

Manipulation map; Letterlocking manipulation pattern; Manipulation pattern; Letterlocking manipulation pattern (diagram)        

Scope note

A visual representation of a substrate highlighting manipulations (e.g. letterlocking, filing, postal, writing), damage, and repairs using standardized symbols, color schemes, patterned lines, and shaded areas overlaid on an image of the letter.  

Parent concept

Substrate        

uh-linked-data/concept/529  

Related concept 

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/532