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.
Jost Gippert
Palimpsest Geschichte+Schreiben Multispektral+Bildgebung Text+Übermittlung Palimpsests history of writing multispectral imaging text transmission