Re: ASCII Art Fart for Mon, 2007 Jan 8: #2755 PALIMPSEST
From Aidan Karley <nam...@email.provider.invalid>
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In article <45A...@x-bit.org>, Dan Q wrote: > In case anyone was wondering what that was, I just looked it up on M-W.com: > > Main Entry: pa�limp�sest > Pronunciation: 'pa-l&m(p)-"sest, p&-'lim(p)- > Function: noun > Etymology: Latin palimpsestus, from Greek palimpsEstos scraped again, > from palin + psEn to rub, scrape; akin to Sanskrit psAti, babhasti he chews > 1 : writing material (as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times > after earlier writing has been erased > 2 : something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath > the surface <Canada...is a palimpsest, an overlay of classes and > generations -- Margaret Atwood> > Well, if we're going to get detailed - many (but not all) palimpsests in archeology are one set of scripts overlaid on another, at something approaching right angles. That high angular offset makes it relatively easy to read one text without (with minimal) interference from the other orthogonal text. Palimpsests may be from different times ( hence the "scraping" derivation of the word, applied to papyrus), but a very illuminating range come from near-present letters written by "Joe Soap" because you can effectively pack twice the letter onto a single sheet of paper. Which is great for weight-controlled letters, and particularly for the single-sheet "onion skin" air mail letters popular for sending to people in "The Forces" abroad. -- Aidan in Scotland Written at Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:06 GMT, but posted later.
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