palimpsest

Summary

palimpsest ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,187 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• palimpsest is made of parchment^[2].
• palimpsest is made of wax tablet^[3].
• palimpsest is a type of manuscript^[4].
• palimpsest is a type of reuse^[5].
• palimpsest's Commons category is recorded as Palimpsests^[6].
• palimpsest's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Palimpsests^[7].
• palimpsest's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[8].
• palimpsest's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[9].
• palimpsest's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• palimpsest's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[11].
• palimpsest's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[12].
• palimpsest's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[13].
• palimpsest's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• palimpsest's has characteristic is recorded as upper script^[15].
• palimpsest's has characteristic is recorded as lower script^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include manuscript^[4] and reuse^[5].

Why It Matters

palimpsest ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,187 views/month).^[1] palimpsest has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] palimpsest is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]