palimpsest

palimpsest
—palimpsestic, adj.
/pal"imp sest'/, n.
a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
[1655-65; < L palimpsestus < Gk palímpsestos rubbed again (pálin again + psestós scraped, rubbed, verbid of psân to rub smooth)]

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      manuscript in roll or codex form carrying a text erased, or partly erased, underneath an apparent additional text. The underlying text is said to be “in palimpsest,” and, even though the parchment or other surface is much abraded, the older text is recoverable in the laboratory by such means as the use of ultraviolet light. The motive for making palimpsests usually seems to have been economic—reusing parchment was cheaper than preparing a new skin. Another motive may have been directed by Christian piety, as in the conversion of a pagan Greek manuscript to receive the text of a Father of the Church.

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