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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on August 21, 2016, 09:34:37 PM

Title: Mixtec palimpsest
Post by: Duncan Head on August 21, 2016, 09:34:37 PM
The use of fancy hi-tech imaging techniques has revealed a previously-unseen pre-Conquest Mexican manuscript beneath the C16th Codex Selden:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/21/hidden-codex-reveals-secrets-of-life-in-mexico-before-spanish-conquest
Title: Re: Mixtec palimpsest
Post by: Patrick Waterson on August 22, 2016, 11:25:01 AM
I wonder if the Bodleian Library are thinking about trying the same scanning technique on the other four.