The “Archimedes Palimpsest”
- Palimpsest
- Papyrus or parchment that was “overwritten”; the underwritings were ‘erased’
- Done to Reuse the “paper”
- Archimedes Palimpsest
- 10th century AD: Archimedes’ writings were copied onto parchment and bound.
- 12th century AD: Archimedes’ text was scratched off, unbound, rotated 90°, and rebound; the “Euchologian” (a prayer book) was “overwritten” on the parchment.