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According to the article in La Jornada one of the codices is a palimpsest! Under multispectral imaging older erased Aztec text is visible. If anything substanti
by dzdt 3y ago
According to the article in La Jornada one of the codices is a palimpsest! Under multispectral imaging older erased Aztec text is visible. If anything substantial can be recovered there it may be this should be counted as four new codices.
[1] https://www.jornada.com.mx/2024/03/21/cultura/a03n1cul https://www.jornada.com.mx/2024/03/21/cultura/a03n1cul
- infecto 3y agoAssumed based on the context but first time seeing this word as far as I can remember. Palimpsest - a manuscript on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.
- owendlamb 3y agoWebster's definition lacks the connotation of incompleteness, but otherwise you're spot on: http://www.websters1913.com/words/Palimpsest http://www.websters1913.com/words/Palimpsest I guess it's possible for a palimpsest's erasure to be complete to the naked eye, but for its original text to still be distinguishable outside the visible spectrum.