This is wild!
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This is wild! A missing page of the Archimedes palimpsest has been found in Blois: https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-identified-blois-central-france
One of the pages "is covered by an illumination added in the twentieth century, depicting the Prophet Daniel surrounded by two lions, beneath which the ancient text remains to this day inaccessible using conventional methods of examination."Yes, the *twentieth* century. The footnote says it was added by someone trying to increase its market value.
The palimpsesting never stops!
Edit: one page found. Two are still missing.
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This is wild! A missing page of the Archimedes palimpsest has been found in Blois: https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-identified-blois-central-france
One of the pages "is covered by an illumination added in the twentieth century, depicting the Prophet Daniel surrounded by two lions, beneath which the ancient text remains to this day inaccessible using conventional methods of examination."Yes, the *twentieth* century. The footnote says it was added by someone trying to increase its market value.
The palimpsesting never stops!
Edit: one page found. Two are still missing.
@christianp Just when I thought it couldn't get palimpser!
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@christianp Just when I thought it couldn't get palimpser!
@icecolbeveridge
Think palimps.
Think palimpser. -
This is wild! A missing page of the Archimedes palimpsest has been found in Blois: https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-identified-blois-central-france
One of the pages "is covered by an illumination added in the twentieth century, depicting the Prophet Daniel surrounded by two lions, beneath which the ancient text remains to this day inaccessible using conventional methods of examination."Yes, the *twentieth* century. The footnote says it was added by someone trying to increase its market value.
The palimpsesting never stops!
Edit: one page found. Two are still missing.
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This is wild! A missing page of the Archimedes palimpsest has been found in Blois: https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-identified-blois-central-france
One of the pages "is covered by an illumination added in the twentieth century, depicting the Prophet Daniel surrounded by two lions, beneath which the ancient text remains to this day inaccessible using conventional methods of examination."Yes, the *twentieth* century. The footnote says it was added by someone trying to increase its market value.
The palimpsesting never stops!
Edit: one page found. Two are still missing.
@christianp - Now I have to figure out what Blois is.
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@christianp - Now I have to figure out what Blois is.
@christianp @johncarlosbaez It’s a city in France
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