| Front | palimpsest |
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| Back | (PAL-imp-sest), noun A parchment manuscript on which the text is written over older, earlier text, much like an oil portrait or landscape painted over another painting. The newest addition to the Pattersons’ rare manuscript collection turned out to be a PALIMPSEST, covering a text nearly 1,000 years old. |
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