Unlocking History number (UH#)
UH0074
Original
A letter from Phil Warwick To Sir John Bankes
Model and research notes
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box ##.
Letterlocking Unique Video number(s) (LUV #s) & Instructional video(s) URL
LUV0074 https://youtu.be/53H93G5pRxU
Instructional video info transcription
Forthcoming
Letterlocking Category number (LC #)
LC29L
Letterlocking Format number (LF #)
4RW
Security score
Low
Assessment of Confidence in assigning LC#
Attested
Substrate
Paper
Dimensions
Forthcoming
Manifestation
Opened
Distinctive letterlocking style(s)
Cut into lock-SA triangle wrap
Locking mechanism
Lock
Security enhancements
Authenticated exposed seal
Letterlocking category formula (shorthand)
LC29
Fold + Adhere + Lock-SA
(F + A + LSA)
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, hinged with adhesive into a letterbook
Repair: NA
Damage
Tears
Features
Dirt on panels/ in crease
Radiating wrinkles
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)
UH0074
Original
Phil Warwick to Sir John Bankes (June 8, 1638). Bodleian Libraries, MS Bankes 65/1 fols. 44/45.
Model
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 26.
Video
LUV074
Jana Dambrogio and the Unlocking History Research Group, “Phil Warwick’s cut-triangle attached locked letter to Sir John Bankes, England (8 June 1638).” Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Unlocking History number 0074/Letterlocking Unique Video number: 0074. Filmed: September 2016. Duration: 3:21. Posted: October 2016. URL: https://youtu.be/53H93G5pRxU. Accessed March 4, 2025.