Letterlocking: John Donne's pleated letter to Sir Robert Harley, England (1613) (UH0031, LUV093)

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @upcoming
    @upcoming 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    This channel always makes me want to write and fold s beautiful letter. Then I realize I have nothing to say and no one to write to.

    • @ronwoch
      @ronwoch 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Check out a site called global pen friends. Find a penpal, and start a conversation. It's a lot of fun!

    • @Mikedeela
      @Mikedeela 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@upcoming my thoughts exactly. Even just getting it to someone if I wanted to would be a pain.

    • @Macintoshes
      @Macintoshes 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sigh, me too.

    • @thecalicoheart7946
      @thecalicoheart7946 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Then, in the spirit of positivity, may I mention to you about Postcrossing? 😊
      You always have something to share, as a unique and beautiful human. Share what is on your heart. ❤
      Not a pain to send - I letterlock, then put it in an ordinary envelope for the modern postal service. 😁

  • @finndriver1063
    @finndriver1063 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I think it's interesting how many distinct folding styles John Donne used for his letters!

  • @pmichael73
    @pmichael73 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    A good uncomplicated one!

  • @a24-45
    @a24-45 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Beautiful.

  • @garyb6219
    @garyb6219 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I thought it would be a secret way to write a letter across the folds of a paper with the key being the original alignment. Dang.

    • @caesarsalad77
      @caesarsalad77 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      No, but it is still designed as a sort of a security measure. If it arrives folded neatly and still properly sealed, you can be reasonably sure no one read it on its way to you.

    • @garyb6219
      @garyb6219 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @caesarsalad77 There was I think a way to roll up a piece of paper in a spiral and write the message out. And unless you knew the original spiral, you couldn't figure it out. Something they used to do in Europe a few hundred years ago perhaps.

    • @caesarsalad77
      @caesarsalad77 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@garyb6219 There are a few like that, yes. The ancient Greeks used a cylinder called a Scytale to do it. And unless you had one of the same size on the receiving end, you couldn't get the letters to line up easily.

    • @garyb6219
      @garyb6219 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@caesarsalad77 That was it, thanks!

  • @Mikedeela
    @Mikedeela 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Some traditions would’ve been nice to keep.

    • @parmesanzero7678
      @parmesanzero7678 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Be the change you want to see.

  • @duckrutt
    @duckrutt 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    No odd cuts or folds? I like this one.

    • @TrueOpinion99
      @TrueOpinion99 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Me too!
      My biggest gripe about some of these letters is that they take 15-minutes, three hands, and rain dance to complete.