Unlocking History Number (UH#)
UH0041 with a Triangle lock-SU wrapper (UH6267)
Original
Lord Burghley to Rafe Sadler concerning the arrest of Mary Queen of Scots
Model and research notes
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 16.
Letterlocking Unique Video Number(s) (LUV #s) & Instructional Video(s) URL
LUV041 https://youtu.be/CFZjdaALntA
Instructional video info transcription
Forthcoming
Letterlocking category Number (LC #)
LC03Z Document security
Letterlocking format Number (LF #)
4RW
Security score
High
Assessment of Confidence in assigning LC#
Attested
Substrate
Paper
Dimensions
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Opened (in mm):
Letterpacket (in mm):
Manifestation
Opened
Distinctive letterlocking style(s)
Triangle lock-SU wrapper
Locking Mechanism
Lock
Security enhancements
Authenticated covered seal
Fake security
Matching lock with paper from which it was cut
Text across lock and address panel
Letterlocking category formula (shorthand)
Letter:
LC3
Fold + Slit/Hole
(F + S/H)
Wrapper:
LC23
Fold + Slit/Hole + Adhere + Lock-SU
(F + S/H + A + LSU)
Letterlocking manipulation sequence (shorthand)
Fold + fold + fold + fold +fold + fold +fold + slit + lock-SU + adhere
Locking instructions
Forthcoming
Images
Forthcoming
Foldable(s)
Forthcoming
Step-by-steps
Forthcoming
Substrate map
Forthcoming
Virtual unfolding results
NA
Manipulations
Forthcoming
Writing: Margin folds
Postal: NA
Opening: Tears
Filing (Storage, Display): NA
Repair: NA
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, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.
Citation for the letter(s)
UH0041
Original
Lord Burghley’s letter to Rafe Sadler (1 February 1584), the British Library, Add MS 89293, ff. 44r-47v.
Model
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 16.
Video
Original
Jana Dambrogio and the Unlocking History Research Group. "Lord Burghley to Rafe Sadler concerning the arrest of Mary Queen of Scots, triangle lock wrapper, England (1584)," Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Unlocking History number 0041, UH6267/Letterlocking Unique Video number: 0041. Filmed: December 2015. Duration: 6:00. Posted: March 2016. URL: https://youtu.be/CFZjdaALntA. Accessed March 4, 2025.