11-12-2018, 03:19 AM
Iron gall ink could be erased well enough with scrapers or with solvents/acids that it could be overwritten but there were usually faint traces of the lines underneath.
An extensively overwritten text is called a palimpsest.
The Tepenecz signature (or name) at the bottom has been removed with chemicals, but scrapers were more common (they look like exacto-knives, like a pen with a blade in it).
An extensively overwritten text is called a palimpsest.
The Tepenecz signature (or name) at the bottom has been removed with chemicals, but scrapers were more common (they look like exacto-knives, like a pen with a blade in it).