Roman Quarantine – Day 24

Roman Quarantine – Day 24

Tweet palimpsest, n. and a.(ˈpælɪmpsɛst) [ad. L. palimpsēstus n., a. Gr. παλίµψηστος scraped again, παλίµψηστον a parchment whence writing has been erased, f. πάλιν again + ψηστός, from ψάω, ψῆν to rub smooth.] Oxford English Dictionary...

Palimpsest

Tweet palimpsest noun a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing. -something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. (Shorter Oxford Dictionary, OUP) Rome is so...