Over recent years we’ve been treated to a series of fascinating advances in the world of x-ray imaging, as researchers have developed their x-ray microtomography techniques and equipment to the point ...

Hundreds of years ago, people developed ingenious methods to secure their letters from prying eyes – and they did it with only paper, adhesive and folds. Late at night on 8 February 1587, an ...

In 1697, a man named Jacques Sennacque wrote a letter to his cousin, a French merchant named Pierre Le Pers, requesting a certified death certificate for another man named Daniel Le Pers (presumably ...

In a steady, stately script, an anonymous Dutch writer living around 1700 wrote a letter: “I never thought you’d be such a miserable dog,” it went. “If you’ve got something to say, just say it to my ...

Centuries before encrypted texts and secure video conferencing, people relied on physical engineering to keep their written messages sturdy, sealed, and secure against eavesdroppers. In a new book, ...

TECHNICAL ART HISTORY SERIES - Digital imaging methods for Cultural Heritage The Venice Center for Digital and Public Humanities, together with the Rijksmuseum and CWI Amsterdam and NICAS, the ...

Abstract: In this section we will take a close look at twelve historical letters, written on paper from the 1580s to the 1970s, that demonstrate some distinctive features or techniques of ...

Before the use of envelopes, people used ingenious methods to prevent prying eyes from reading their letters. One such person was Mary Queen of Scots, who composed her last ever letter from prison.