Preferred label

Observational model        

Alternative label

First Model; Reading Room Model        

Scope note

The earliest model of a historic letter, recording every detail and made to exact size in the presence of the original. This model is not generally folded but is used as a guide for making working models.         

Parent concept

Model       

uh-linked-data/concept/338        

Related concept                                                     

Simulacrum       

uh-linked-data/concept/484

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/350