Reading Ptolemy’s Treatise on the Meteoroscope On Palimpsests After Centuries of Recovery Attempts

Ambrosianus L 99 sup., p. 190, ll. 14–23, UV fluorescence image by Lumière Technology. Upside-down Latin overtext in dark brown and Greek undertext in light brown.

During the Middle Ages much of Ancient Greek and Roman scientific, legal and similarly significant texts written on parchment were commonly erased, mostly because of the high cost of new …read more Continue reading Reading Ptolemy’s Treatise on the Meteoroscope On Palimpsests After Centuries of Recovery Attempts