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[5] palimpsesto: writing-fabric from which previous writing has been erased, from a motive of economy, to make room for later. Parchment lent itself most readily to such erasure by washing, or erosion of the surface, though palimpsests of papyrus were certainly not unknown (cf. Marquardt Privatleben der Romer p.815; Birt Antike Buchwesen pp. 57, 58, 63); but it is by no means certain that they are referred to here.


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