Preferred label

Sigillography

Alternative label

Sphragistics        

Scope note

The study of seals used to secure and authenticate documents, including the material features of the adhesives, the seal-stamps that are impressed into them, and the symbolic and legal meanings of their designs.     

Parent concept   

Discipline        

uh-linked-data/concept/604   

Related concept                    

Seal (locking appendage)        

uh-linked-data/concept/451

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/478