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Reading A Letter That's Been Sealed For More Than 300 Years — Without Opening It

A computer-generated unfolding sequence of sealed letter DB-1538. New research describes how "virtual unfolding" was used to read the contents of sealed letter packets from 17th century Europe without physically opening them. (Unlocking History Research Group)
A computer-generated unfolding sequence of sealed letter DB-1538. New research describes how "virtual unfolding" was used to read the contents of sealed letter packets from 17th century Europe without physically opening them. (Unlocking History Research Group)

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