Letterlocking: Beethoven’s folded letter to Karl Holz, Europe (ND) from bms library Watch Video
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Description: Modelled after Beethoven's letter to Karl Holz (no date), Houghton Library, Harvard University, bms Lowell, fol. 20.nnAfter Beethoven wrote this letter to Karl Holz, he folded it many times to create a tiny letterpacket. In its opened and flattened state, there are 48 distinct panels; which appear as a zig-zag crease pattern. On the verso of the letter substrate in one of the tiny panels, Beethoven addressed the packet,
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