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Palimpsests and Related Phenomena across Languages and Cultures

Palimpsests are manuscripts whose original content has been erased, scraped away, washed off and later overwritten. In their lower layers, they often contain unique versions of texts – including those otherwise lost – from Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The volume addresses palimpsesting across lang...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2025
Subjects:
Palimpsests
history of writing
multispectral imaging
text transmission
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FB Middle East
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FP East Asia, Far East
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFL Palaeography::CFLA Writing systems, alphabets
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFP Translation and interpretation
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
Online Access:ONIX_20250218_9783111552170_65
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Summary:Palimpsests are manuscripts whose original content has been erased, scraped away, washed off and later overwritten. In their lower layers, they often contain unique versions of texts – including those otherwise lost – from Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The volume addresses palimpsesting across languages, cultures, and times, as well as up-to-date research and imaging practices applied to them and results achieved in reconstituting removed layers.

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