Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate XLVI · Palimpsest

Vol. IX (1952) · full-page plate
Above: FRAGMENT FROM THE BILINGUAL VIRGIL, GREEK AND LATIN (5th-6th cent.). Egyptian codex palimpsest several times. Arabic the most recent upper text. The photo is placed in the direction of the first writing - Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Below: A PALIMPSEST LEAF OF THE GOTHIC ULFILAS (5th-6th cent.). The upper text contains the commentary of St. Jerome on Isaiam, XIII, 49: PL 24, 469. The photo is placed in the direction of the first writing - Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, S 45 sup.
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Plate XLVI
Above: FRAGMENT FROM THE BILINGUAL VIRGIL, GREEK AND LATIN (5th-6th cent.). Egyptian codex palimpsest several times. Arabic the most recent upper text. The photo is placed in the direction of the first writing - Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Below: A PALIMPSEST LEAF OF THE GOTHIC ULFILAS (5th-6th cent.). The upper text contains the commentary of St. Jerome on Isaiam, XIII, 49: PL 24, 469. The photo is placed in the direction of the first writing - Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, S 45 sup.

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