New images: Marci letter wax

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the letter had a sort of gauze or mesh over it.

Indeed, but there is also a digital image without that. I cannot remember on which occasion I got that, but I temporarily put it You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..

Your image is the same but cropped a little.

I see it too now, especially over the wax. Let me double-check what else I have...

Yes, thanks Rene... I was about to post the below image, and see that Nablator and you both now note the mesh is on the image you uploaded:

   

So I think it possible that your image is the Beinecke image. So I went to Lisa's full letter image, and cropped this same area:

   

I think the case may be this... and maybe Lisa can answer, unless someone else here has handled this letter: Perhaps that mesh IS attached, maybe as protection and support, and on the Beinecke image, being front-lit, the mesh tends to blur and obscure the letter's details. But on the light table (back-lit) examples taken by Lisa, the mesh is less obvious.

I don't know, but that would be my guess so far, unless Lisa can chime in here: Is that mesh glued on?

Rich