Unlocking History Concept uri
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/587
Preferred label
working model
Alternative label
Scope note
A model made to understand how a historic letter worked, using information transferred from an observational model rather than in the presence of the original. Working models are folded, sealed, and re-opened, and multiple working models are usually made in a process of conjecture, review, and improvement.
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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