Preferred label

Seal (metaphorical meaning) (symbolic objects)                

Alternative label

Scope note

Metaphorical meanings derived from the definitions above (e.g. “seal of approval,” “my lips are sealed”).   

Parent concept

Seal (locking appendage)        

uh-linked-data/concept/451    

Related concept                 

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/452