Refers to a landscape in which most of the topographic features are not related to the materials at the land surface but are inherited from a buried surface at depth
A parchment on which the original writing has been effaced, and something else has been written (Greek, palin, again; psao, I rub or efface ) When parchment was not supplied in sufficient quantities, the monks and others used to wash or rub out the writing in a parchment and use it again As they did not wash or rub it out entirely, many works have been recovered by modern ingenuity Thus Cicero's De Republica has been restored; it was partially erased to make room for a commentary of St Augustine on the Psalms Of course St Augustine's commentary was first copied, then erased from the parchment, and the original MS of Cicero made its appearance Central Asia is a palimpsest; everywhere actual barbarism overlays a by gone civilisation- The Times
Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity
Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface
a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
Vellum that was previously used for a writing surface that has been scraped clean and dressed and then another writing is made on the surface Codex Ephraemi rescriptus is one of these It is possible to use certain chemicals and ultraviolet light to uncover the writings underneath the second writing
From the Greek palimpsestos ("scraped again"), a palimpsest is reused writing support material from which theunderlying text has been erased (by washing in the case of papyrus and by using scraping devices in the case of parchment) Erasure was not always complete and an underlying text can often be read with the assistance of ultraviolet light
{i} parchment or tablet that has been erased for reuse, writing surface that has been used and wiped clean
A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written. Many historical texts have been recovered using ultraviolet light and other technologies to read the erased writing
Any writing SUPPORT (parchment, paper, or papyrus) whose original text has been erased and which has been subsequently reused to receive other writing The original text may still be visible or recoverable through the use of ultra-violet light
an ancient document on which the original writing has been covered over with new writing (palimpsestus, from , from palin + psen )