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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.

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- 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...
- Palimpsest is a 2009 science fiction novella by Charles Stross, exploring the conjunction of time travel and deep time. Originally published in Stross's...
- In geology, a palimpsest is a geographical feature composed of superimposed structures created at different times. Palimpsest is beginning to be used...
- library's collection of palimpsests during the international Sinai palimpsests project. Palimpsests are notable for having been reused one or more times over the...
- The León Palimpsest, designated l or 67 (in the Beuron system), is a 7th-century Latin m****cript pandect of the Christian Bible conserved in the cathedral...
- Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree is a 1982 book by French literary theorist Gérard Genette. Over the years, the book's methodological proposals...