Manuscriptions

Manuscriptions

Stamps

Ancient intersections between art & security

Eleanor Konik
Aug 16, 2021
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Photo of stamp and seal by Anna Tarazevich from Pexels

I’m working on a scene in Civil Mage where the protagonist is sneaking through a temple storehouse and I was wondering how a culture without complex lock and key mechanisms might secure storehouses against theft. The answer seems to be stamps / seals, and the different uses different cultures put stamps to throughout history is pretty fascinating.

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