mediumaevum: “ At some point in the late 10th century, a scribe copied several works by the Greek scientist, mathematician and inventor Archimedes. On the day before Easter 1229 — however, a priest-scribe completed a new work which he wrote on top of...
mediumaevum: “ At some point in the late 10th century, a scribe copied several works by the Greek scientist, mathematician and inventor Archimedes. On the day before Easter 1229 — however, a priest-scribe completed a new work which he wrote on top of...
mediumaevum: “ At some point in the late 10th century, a scribe copied several works by the Greek scientist, mathematician and inventor Archimedes. On the day before Easter 1229 — however, a priest-scribe completed a new work which he wrote on top of...

mediumaevum:

At some point in the late 10th century, a scribe copied several works by the Greek scientist, mathematician and inventor Archimedes. On the day before Easter 1229 — however, a priest-scribe completed a new work which he wrote on top of the Archimedes text, which he erased.

Don’t freak out just yet. :) Read what happened and praise luck, science and invaluable work of conservators. 

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    palimpsest: meaning scraped again (Greek, παλίμψηστος)
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