Unlocking History number (UH#)
UH0039
Original
Paulus Constantinus Phrygio’s letter to Willibald Pirckheimer
Model and research notes
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 26.
Letterlocking Unique Video number(s) (LUV #s) & Instructional video(s) URL
LUV039 https://youtu.be/7UXQFLMzJeA
Instructional video info transcription
Forthcoming
Letterlocking Category number (LC #)
LC15L
Letterlocking Format number (LF #)
4RW
Security score
Low
Assessment of Confidence in assigning LC#
Attested
Substrate
Paper
Dimensions
Opened (in mm): H: 130mm x W: 225mm
Letterpacket (in mm): H: 48mm x W: 84mm
Manifestation
Opened
Distinctive letterlocking style(s)
Forthcoming
Locking mechanism
Lock
Security enhancements
Authenticated covered seals
Text across lock and address panel
Letterlocking category formula (shorthand)
LC15
Fold + Slit/Hole + Adhere + Lock-O
(F + S/H + A + LO)
Letterlocking manipulation sequence (shorthand)
Forthcoming
Locking instructions
Forthcoming
Images
Forthcoming
Foldable(s)
Forthcoming
Step-by-steps
Forthcoming
Substrate map
Forthcoming
Virtual unfolding results
NA
Manipulations
Writing: Margin folds
Postal: NA
Opening: Tears
Filing (Storage, Display): NA
Repair: NA
Damage
NA
Features
Dirt on panels/ in crease
Radiating wrinkles
Wrinkles
Possibly a letter to accompany presentation of the incunable volume to Pirckheimer.
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
Paulus Constantinus Phrygio to Willibald Pirckheimer (September 15, 1514). Gen *99M-6 Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Model
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 26.
Video
Jana Dambrogio and the Unlocking History Research Group, “Paulus Constantinus Phrygio’s letter to Willibald Pirckheimer (1514),” Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Unlocking History number 0039/Letterlocking Unique Video number: 0039. Filmed: December 2015. Duration: 5:10. Video URL: https://youtu.be/7UXQFLMzJeA. Accessed: March 4, 2025.