Verse & Sip | Queen Elizabeth I’s triangle letter to François, Duc d’Alencon #letterlocking #queenelizabeth #letters Source: Authors: Jana Dambrogio... | Instagram

Verse & Sip on Instagram: "Open Catherine de’ Medici’s letter: Wax seal method 💌 #waxseals #letters #medici #letterlocking"

The Boston Calendar on Instagram: "This Thursday, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is offering FREE admission as part of their monthly First Thursdays series 🖼️🎶 Enjoy a live concert in their beautiful courtyard, learn letterlocking, embark on a scavenger hunt, and of course, explore all of the galleries 🎨 RSVP required and lots of tickets still available as of now; link to details in bio 🔗 📸: @filmbychloeg"

Jammy History on Instagram: "Let’s learn about letter locking. At its core, letter locking involves any method of folding up a letter to make it harder to access its contents. Some of these methods were quite complex, or require a special tool to create which is the case with the ‘spiral lock’ method. But others are quite easy to replicate, such as the ‘triangle fold’ method used by Francis Walsingham as the spymaster to Queen Elizabeth I. The purpose of this technique was to make it impossible

Verse & Sip on Instagram: "⚜️⚜️ #waxsealing #waxseal #letters #letterlocking #snailmail"

The clever folds that kept letters secret