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In textual studies, a palimpsest ( / ˈpælɪmpsɛst /) is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been scraped or washed off in preparation for reuse [1] in the form of another document. [2] Parchment was made of lamb, calf, or kid skin and was expensive and not readily available, so, in the interest of ...
Apr 10, 2023 · A document like this, where one layer of text hides the erased remains of another, is called a palimpsest. The Kessel find is a double palimpsest because the parchment was then used a third time.
Apr 14, 2018 · Today, let’s take a look at some palimpsests among the New Testament manuscripts. What is a palimpsest? A palimpsest – so-called because the parchment has been scraped twice; once in the course of the manuscripts’s initial production, and again when it was recycled; the term is derived from the Greek words πάλιν (again) and ψάω (scrape) – is a manuscript that has been recycled.
Apr 7, 2023 · The article, “A New (Double Palimpsest) Witness to the Old Syriac Gospels (Vat. iber. 4, ff. 1 & 5),” is published in the journal New Testament Studies. You can read it through the journal’s website or on Grigory Kessel’s Academia.edu page. You can also view Vat. iber. 4 online at the Vatican Library digital repository.
Sep 14, 2016 · By present definition a palimpsest fulfills two requirements: the first is that the old text was scraped or washed off (palímpsēstos, "again scraped") and the second one is that a new text was written on the blank page. Obviously, overwriting factor is always true, otherwise we would be dealing with a usual manuscript.
Apr 11, 2023 · A document like this, where one layer of text hides the erased remains of another, is called a palimpsest. The Kessel find is a double palimpsest because the parchment was then used a third time.
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Apr 6, 2023 · More information: Grigory Kessel, A New (Double Palimpsest) Witness to the Old Syriac Gospels (Vat. iber. 4, ff. 1 & 5), New Testament Studies (2023). DOI: 10.1017/S0028688522000182
