The Modern Forgery Hypothesis

[eggyk]

I personally know nothing about the use of seal wax, but in the video below using wax on the inside is demonstrated as one of the standard techniques of the XVI century. 

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What's interesting is that he way that I folded it actually does this, but the pocket that you fold into is actually where the paper has ripped. When this paper was intact, one side would have nicely slotted into the other. 

       

The paper would have also gone nicely alongside the end of the text.