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A palimpsest is a manuscript page that has been scraped off and used again.

Contents

• Books and journals
• Music
• Science and technology
• Other uses
• See also

Palimpsest may also refer to:

Books and journals

• Palimpsest (novel), by Catherynne M. Valente, 2009
• Palimpsest (novella), by Charles Stross, 2009
• Palimpsest, a memoir by Gore Vidal, 1995
• Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption , a graphic novel and memoir by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, 2019
• Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree , a book by Gérard Genette, 1982
• Palimpsest (journal), an academic journal about women of the African diaspora
• The Palimpsest , now Iowa Heritage Illustrated, a journal of the State Historical Society of Iowa
• Palimpsest Press, a Canadian book publishing company

Music

• Palimpsest (album), a 2020 album by Protest the Hero
• Palimpsest (Xenakis) , a chamber music composition by Iannis Xenakis, 1979
• Palimpsest I and Palimpsest II, orchestral compositions by George Benjamin

Science and technology

• Palimpsest (geology), a geographical feature
• Palimpsest (planetary astronomy), a type of crater on an icy moon of the outer Solar System
• Palimpsest (software) or GNOME Disks, a Linux disk utility

Other uses

• Palimpsest (podcast), a horror podcast

See also

• Palimpsestis or Tethea, a genus of moths

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