palimpseste

La ville est un palimpseste de quartiers bâtis à différentes époques.
The city is a palimpsest of districts built in different periods.
Le chercheur a examiné un palimpseste du douzième siècle.
The researcher examined a twelfth-century palimpsest.
Ses souvenirs composent un palimpseste de voix et de lieux.
Her memories form a palimpsest of voices and places.
L'historienne lit la façade comme un palimpseste architectural.
The historian reads the façade as an architectural palimpsest.
Ce roman forme un palimpseste où affleurent plusieurs récits.
The novel forms a palimpsest in which several stories show through.

Similar words

stratification

superposition

parchemin réécrit

manuscrit réemployé

Le chercheur a examiné un palimpseste du douzième siècle.
The researcher examined a twelfth-century palimpsest.
Sous le texte du palimpseste, une prière plus ancienne apparaît.
An older prayer appears beneath the text of the palimpsest.
La bibliothèque conserve plusieurs palimpsestes sur parchemin.
The library holds several parchment palimpsests.
Une lumière spéciale permet de lire le palimpseste.
Special lighting makes the palimpsest readable.
Le copiste a effacé le premier texte avant de réutiliser ce palimpseste.
The scribe erased the first text before reusing this palimpsest.

parchemin réécrit

manuscrit réemployé

La ville est un palimpseste de quartiers bâtis à différentes époques.
The city is a palimpsest of districts built in different periods.
Ce roman forme un palimpseste où affleurent plusieurs récits.
The novel forms a palimpsest in which several stories show through.
Le paysage reste un palimpseste de cultures anciennes.
The landscape remains a palimpsest of earlier cultures.
Ses souvenirs composent un palimpseste de voix et de lieux.
Her memories form a palimpsest of voices and places.
L'historienne lit la façade comme un palimpseste architectural.
The historian reads the façade as an architectural palimpsest.

superposition

stratification

From Latin palimpsestus, borrowed from Greek palímpsēstos, meaning scraped again.

What does palimpseste mean?

It first names a reused manuscript whose earlier writing was erased.

Can palimpseste describe a city?

Yes. It can describe a place whose older layers remain visible.

Is palimpseste masculine?

Yes: un palimpseste.

What material was commonly reused?

Parchment was scraped or washed before it was written on again.

Does the older writing always vanish?

No. Traces can remain or be recovered.

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