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Re:New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés T... by infecto on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:36AM (#39814991)
Assumed based on the context but first time seeing this word as far as I can remember.

Palimpsest - a manuscript on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.

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Re:New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés T... by owendlamb on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:34PM (#39831231)
Webster's definition lacks the connotation of incompleteness, but otherwise you're spot on: http://www.websters1913.com/words/Palimpsest

I guess it's possible for a palimpsest's erasure to be complete to the naked eye, but for its original text to still be distinguishable outside the visible spectrum.

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