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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_152841" /> ==
<p> ( παλίμψηστος , rubbed out again) , a term applied to ancient manuscripts, of which the older writing has been erased in order to use the parchment or paper for writing on them again. A good specimen is the Wolfenblittel MS. (q.v.). </p>
<p> (n.) A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. </p>
       
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_54469" /> ==
<p> (παλίμψηστος , rubbed out again), a term applied to ancient manuscripts, of which the older writing has been erased in order to use the parchment or paper for writing on them again. A good specimen is the Wolfenblittel MS. (q.v.). </p>
       
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77839" /> ==
<p> The name given to a parchment manuscript written on the top of another that has been erased, yet often not so thoroughly that it cannot be in a measure restored. </p>
       
==References ==
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<ref name="term_152841"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/palimpsest Palimpsest from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_54469"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/palimpsest Palimpsest from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_54469"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/palimpsest Palimpsest from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_77839"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/palimpsest Palimpsest from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Revision as of 08:43, 12 October 2021

Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

(παλίμψηστος , rubbed out again), a term applied to ancient manuscripts, of which the older writing has been erased in order to use the parchment or paper for writing on them again. A good specimen is the Wolfenblittel MS. (q.v.).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]

The name given to a parchment manuscript written on the top of another that has been erased, yet often not so thoroughly that it cannot be in a measure restored.

References