Palimpsest Rotation

[Donna Piranha]

Hello Everyone,

I hope this finds everyone well and intellectually stimulated!

:D

A quick question/survey, if you would all be so kind:

Has anyone in the group done or know of research or another resource I can refer to for statistical information on analyses of the directional rotation of palimpsestual writings (a) in general, (b) by region, (c) by time period? In other words, is there some type of compendium listing all known historical palimpsests with correlative analyses?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Donna

[Will Noel]

Not that I know of, though in general, underwritings tend to be at 90 degrees to the overwriting (it makes a strange shaped book otherwise. Though Natalie Tchernetska at Cambridge did do a Ph.D. on Palimpsest prctices, based on Palimpsests in Cambridge (England Collections). hope this helps.

[Michael Toth]

Will Noel said:

Not that I know of, though in general, underwritings tend to be at 90 degrees to the overwriting (it makes a strange shaped book otherwise. Though Natalie Tchernetska at Cambridge did do a Ph.D. on Palimpsest prctices, based on Palimpsests in Cambridge (England Collections). hope this helps.

Following up on WIll's note, http://ntresources.com/nt_txtcr.htm lists: "A Hand-List of the Greek Palimpsests in Cambridge Libraries (Natalie Tchernetska) "Chapter 1 of my PhD thesis Greek palimpsests in Cambridge, submitted 1 July 2001 and examined 6 December 2001. (See also Dr. Tchernetska's Digital image enhancement applied to manuscripts: a bibliography.)" Unfortunately both links return a 403 error, but might check with the Cambridge Library.

[Donna Piranha]

Thanks so much for your reply, and apologies for the much belated response. I will peruse the dissertation at my earliest convenience. I can order a copy from my University. I appreciate your input!

Will Noel said:

Not that I know of, though in general, underwritings tend to be at 90 degrees to the overwriting (it makes a strange shaped book otherwise. Though Natalie Tchernetska at Cambridge did do a Ph.D. on Palimpsest prctices, based on Palimpsests in Cambridge (England Collections). hope this helps.

[Donna Piranha]

Also, thanks for your attention to my query. I am grateful for your suggestion!

I find it kind of amusing, though, that the 5th ranked Google search for Natalie Tchernetska is THIS page ...

Michael Toth said:

Will Noel said:

Not that I know of, though in general, underwritings tend to be at 90 degrees to the overwriting (it makes a strange shaped book otherwise. Though Natalie Tchernetska at Cambridge did do a Ph.D. on Palimpsest prctices, based on Palimpsests in Cambridge (England Collections). hope this helps.

Following up on WIll's note, http://ntresources.com/nt_txtcr.htm lists: "A Hand-List of the Greek Palimpsests in Cambridge Libraries (Natalie Tchernetska) "Chapter 1 of my PhD thesis Greek palimpsests in Cambridge, submitted 1 July 2001 and examined 6 December 2001. (See also Dr. Tchernetska's Digital image enhancement applied to manuscripts: a bibliography.)" Unfortunately both links return a 403 error, but might check with the Cambridge Library.