a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
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This book is the most important palimpsest in the world, 这本书是世界是最重要的重写本。
All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. 全部历史都象一张不断刮干净重写的羊皮纸。