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A palimpsest is a manuscript page that has been scraped off and used again.
Palimpsest may also refer to:
Books and journals
- Palimpsest (novel), by Catherynne M. Valente, 2009
- Palimpsest (novella), by Charles Stross, 2009
- Palimpsest, a memoir by Gore Vidal, 1995
- Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption, a graphic novel and memoir by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, 2019
- Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree, a book by Gérard Genette, 1982
- Palimpsest (journal), an academic journal about women of the African diaspora
- The Palimpsest, now Iowa Heritage Illustrated, a journal of the State Historical Society of Iowa
- Palimpsest Press, a Canadian book publishing company
Music
- Palimpsest (album), a 2020 album by Protest the Hero
- Palimpsest (Xenakis), a chamber music composition by Iannis Xenakis, 1979
- Palimpsest I and Palimpsest II, orchestral compositions by George Benjamin
Science and technology
- Palimpsest (geology), a geographical feature
- Palimpsest (planetary astronomy), a type of crater on an icy moon of the outer Solar System
- Palimpsest (software) or GNOME Disks, a Linux disk utility
Architecture
- Palimpsest (architecture), the effect in which earlier details of a building are still noticeable despite being removed or reconfigured (e.g., a window opening that has been infilled with brick masonry or the discoloration of a façade on which molding has been removed).
See also
- Palimpsestis or Tethea, a genus of moths
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