Unlocking History number (UH#)
UH0011
Original
Tomaso di Levrieri to Fra San Piero (July 9, 1589). Vatican Apostolic Archive, Fondo Veneto Sezione II, container 670, letter 3.
Model and research notes
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 5–15.
Letterlocking Unique Video number(s) (LUV #s) & Instructional video(s) URL
Instructional video(s)
LUV 011https://youtu.be/pje3bxJ_9QY
LUV106 https://youtu.be/Yn6onLVfJ3s (UH0011 at 0–3:00 mins)
Instructional video info transcription
Forthcoming
Letterlocking Category number (LC #)
LC6L
Letterlocking Format number (LF #)
4RW
Security score
Low
Assessment of Confidence in assigning LC#
Attested
Substrate
Paper
Dimensions
Opened (in mm): H: 312mm x W: 220mm
Letterpacket (in mm): H: 80mm x W: 101mm
Manifestation
Opened
Distinctive letterlocking style(s)
Tuck-and-seal
Locking mechanism
Tuck
Security enhancements
NA
Letterlocking category formula (shorthand)
Fold + Tuck + Adhere
(F + T + A)
Letterlocking manipulation sequence (shorthand)
Example: Fold + fold + fold + fold +fold + fold + tuck + adhere
Locking instructions
Forthcoming
Fold short-edge to short-edge fold. Open. Fold short-edge closed gatefold. Fold short-edge to short-edge fold. Tuck. Apply adhesive. Impress seal-stamp. Flip packet. Write address.
Images
Forthcoming
Foldable(s)
Forthcoming
Step-by-steps
Forthcoming
Substrate map
Forthcoming
Virtual unfolding results
NA
Manipulations
Forthcoming
Damage
NA
Features
Dirt on panels/ in crease
Radiating wrinkles
Article(s)
2023. Daniel Starza Smith & Jana Dambrogio. Letterlocking: securing correspondence before envelopes in Routledge Encyclopedia of the Renaissance World. Lauren Shohet, subject editor.
Book
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.
Citation for the letter(s)
Original
Tomaso di Levrieri to Fra GanPiero Italy (July 9, 1589). Vatican Apostolic Archive, Fondo Veneto, Sezione II, container 670, letter 3.
Model
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 5–15.
Video
Jana Dambrogio, “‘tuck-and-seal,’ Italy (1580s),” Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Unlocking History number 0011/Letterlocking Unique Video number: 011. Filmed: June 2014. Duration: 1:53. Posted: June 2014. URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pje3bxJ_9QY&t=3s. Accessed: March 4, 2025.