Preferred label

Lock-Other substrate  

Alternative label

Band; Tongue; Lock-Other; L-O; L-other; LO        

Scope note

A lock formed from a source other than the writing substrate of the letter. O signifies “other.” Lock-Other materials could include floss, parchment, paper, wire, or even hair. Also referred to as lock-O.       

Parent concept

Lock       

uh-linked-data/concept/309        

Related concept                                                     

Locking mechanism       

uh-linked-data/concept/319

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT       

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

 Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/313