Difference between revisions of "Palimpsest"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_152841" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_152841" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. </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" /> == | == 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 | <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" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77839" /> == | ||
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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.
