Preferred label

Loss                

Alternative label

Scope note

An area of a document that is missing or has degraded. May be evidence of a deliberate manipulation made for letterlocking, postage, or storage, or may result from a breach, wear, or unintentional damage.         

Parent concept

Material feature         

uh-linked-data/concept/332        

Related concept                                                     

Damage       

uh-linked-data/concept/87

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/323