Preferred label

Simulacrum (objects)        

Alternative label

Opposite of a composite model        

Scope note

A model made to reproduce the manipulations and other physical features of a specific historic artifact, with the exception of the text, which may be scribble-scribed or left out entirely. Simulacra often replicate the exact size of a letter, but can also be scaled.

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/484