palimpsest

palimpsest
1. noun /ˈpælɪmpsɛst/
a) 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.

Miraculously, the Stasis record of Garton Ashs years in Berlin remained intact, and in his extraordinary book The File he recalls going back to Berlin, sifting through the material, and piecing together those years for himself. The result is a palimpsest of memories, observations recorded by informants and agents, and the recollections in his own diaries at that time.

b) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
Syn: codex rescriptus
2. verb /ˈpælɪmpsɛst/

Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.λ new ads covering old on a roadside sign.

b) On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by .

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  • palimpsest — pal imp*sest (p[a^]l [i^]mp*s[e^]st), n. [L. palimpsestus, Gr. pali mpshstos scratched or scraped again, pali mpshston a palimpsest; pa lin again + psh^n to rub, rub away: cf. F. palimpseste.] A parchment which has been written upon twice, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • palimpsest — PALIMPSÉST, palimpseste, s.n. Pergament sau papirus de pe care s a şters sau s a ras scrierea iniţială pentru a se putea utiliza din nou şi pe care se mai văd urmele vechiului text. – Din fr. palimpseste. Trimis de valeriu, 03.02.2004. Sursa: DEX …   Dicționar Român

  • Palimpsest — Smn nach Abkratzen wieder beschriebene Pergamenthandschrift per. Wortschatz fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. palimpsēstos m., dieses aus gr. palímpsēstos m. wieder abgerieben , zu gr. pálin wieder, neuerdings und gr. psáein reiben .… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • palimpsest — ► NOUN 1) a parchment or other surface on which writing has been applied over earlier writing which has been erased. 2) something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form: the house is a palimpsest of the taste of… …   English terms dictionary

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  • Palimpsest — (v. gr.), so v.w. Codex rescriptus, s.u. Codex 6) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Palimpsést — (griech., lat. Codex rescriptus), ein Pergament, von dem die Schrift, mit der dasselbe ursprünglich beschrieben war, abgekratzt, wegradiert oder sonst unsichtbar gemacht wurde, damit man Neues darauf schreiben konnte. Da im Mittelalter das… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Palimpsést — (grch.) oder Codex rescriptus (lat.), Handschrift auf vorher schon einmal beschriebenen, nachher aber abgewaschenen oder abgeriebenen Pergamenten. Mit Hilfe von chem. Reagentien ist das Lesen der ältern verwischten Schrift möglich. – Vgl.… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • palìmpsest — m tekst ispisan na pergamentu s kojeg je prethodno izbrisan prvotni tekst ✧ {{001f}}lat. ← grč …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

  • palimpsest — (n.) parchment from which earlier writing has been removed to clear it for new writing, 1660s, from L. palimpsestus, from Gk. palimpsestos scraped again, from palin again (see PALINDROME (Cf. palindrome)) + verbal adjective of psen to rub smooth… …   Etymology dictionary

  • palimpsest — palìmpsest m DEFINICIJA tekst ispisan na pergamentu s kojeg je prethodno izbrisan prvotni tekst ETIMOLOGIJA lat. palimpsestus ← grč. palímpsēstos: ponovno izbrisan ≃ palin + psēstós: izbrisan, izgreben …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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