Letterlocking: Friar John Mowthletter to John Paston I, sewn with papered seal, England (1466) from com videos sons 2015 Watch Video
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Description: Modelled after Paston Letters and Papers (1440-1489), British Library, Additional MS, 43489, F. 15,a letter from John Mowth, friar, to John Paston 1, 12 May, 1466.nnThe alternating “u” and “n” pattern of sewing holes (showing the direction the needle was inserted through the paper) help to determine how this letter was folded and sewn shut before it received sealing wax and a papered seal. nnAccording to Norman Davis, this letter helps to determine when John Paston died. (Norman Davis,
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