Letterlocking: Mary Queen of Scots’ last letter, a spiral lock, England (1587) from queen mary of england iii Watch Video
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Description: Modelled after images of Mary Queen of Scots’ letter to her brother-in-law Henri III, King of France, in the National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 54.1.1.nnMary Queen of Scots completed this letter, her last, at 2am, Wednesday 8 February 1587, six hours prior to her execution. It is sometimes said that her last act was to write this letter: in fact, after she wrote it, she locked it, and she used a particularly secure locking method. The two leaves of the bifolium were folded and unfolded cros
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