The Spiral-Locked Letters of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots
This article presents evidence about the use of the ‘spiral lock’, a highly secure letterlocking mechanism used by Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots, and other letter-writers in early modern Europe, to secure their correspondence shut. After explaining the concept of letterlocking, a centuries-old c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The British Library
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Electronic British Library Journal |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.23636/qyhc-b427 |