Meaning of undertext | Babel Free

Definitions

Text situated below overlying text, such as on a palimpsest.

Examples

“The problem is that many of the letters in the undertext of the Palimpsest cannot be read, […]”

“[…] Agnes reckoned that for the vellum to have been reused in this fashion, the undertext must date to at least 200 years before the overwriting.”

“He noticed that one of the manuscripts had some ancient Greek “undertext” beneath the religious writing.”

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