To: Hillarys Gate Cult
lol. I wonder what was going through the monk’s head when he scraped off the writing? Did he realize how old it was? Did the monks write over any other old parchments? It’s like finding a bit of the library of Alexandria - is it the only bit or could there be more?
8 posted on
03/15/2018 1:57:45 AM PDT by
blueplum
( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
To: blueplum
11 posted on
03/15/2018 4:39:48 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: blueplum
A lot of them couldn’t even read. They just copied.
14 posted on
03/15/2018 6:25:11 AM PDT by
ZULU
(End the Obama/Holder "Promise" program, FIRE Runcie, the $335,000 Broward Co. Stupidintendent of Sc)
To: blueplum
There’s a whole term for a reused vellum - palimpsest.
In many cases there were multiple copies available at the time, making a specific copy less valuable - while the vellum itself was still very valuable.
See also other articles on Archemedes Palimpsest.
19 posted on
03/15/2018 10:39:49 AM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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