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.) | <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> ( | <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" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:50, 15 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.
