Definition of Palimpsests. Meaning of Palimpsests. Synonyms of Palimpsests

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Palimpsests. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Palimpsests and, of course, Palimpsests synonyms and on the right images related to the word Palimpsests.

Definition of Palimpsests

Palimpsest
Palimpsest Pal"imp*sest, n. [L. palimpsestus, Gr. ? scratched or scraped again, ? a palimpsest; ? again + ? to rub, rub away: cf. F. palimpseste.] A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. --Longfellow.

Meaning of Palimpsests from wikipedia

- palimpsests using ultraviolet light and photography are less damaging. Innovative digitized images aid scholars in deciphering unreadable palimpsests...
- by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, 2019 Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree, a book by Gérard Genette, 1982 Palimpsest (journal), an academic journal...
- The Archimedes Palimpsest is a parchment codex palimpsest, originally a Byzantine Gr**** copy of a compilation of Archimedes and other authors. It contains...
- Palimpsest is a novel by Catherynne M. Valente, published in March 2009. It follows four separate characters as they discover and explore a mysterious...
- Palimpsest is the fifth studio album by Canadian progressive metal band Protest the Hero released on June 18, 2020 through Spinefarm Records. Palimpsest...
- library's collection of palimpsests during the international Sinai palimpsests project. Palimpsests are notable for having been reused one or more times over the...
- Palimpsest is a 2009 science fiction novella by Charles Stross, exploring the conjunction of time travel and deep time. Originally published in Stross's...
- Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree is a 1982 book by French literary theorist Gérard Genette. Over the years, the book's methodological proposals...
- In geology, a palimpsest is a geographical feature composed of superimposed structures created at different times. Palimpsest is beginning to be used...
- craters", "degraded craters", "buried craters", or "pathological craters". Palimpsests have been identified on Mercury, the Earth, the Moon, Mars, Ganymede...