Hidden Text Archive

By using ultraviolet-fluorescence imaging, RIT students revealed that a 15th-century manuscript leaf held in RIT’s Cary Graphic Arts Collection was actually a palimpsest, a manuscript on parchment with multiple layers of writing. The image on the left shows the document as it appears in visible light, while the image on the right was produced by the student-built imaging system. Credit: Rochester Institute of Technology

Hidden 15th-Century Text On Medieval Manuscripts – Discovered By Students

AncientPages.com | November 23, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In medieval times, it was very expensive to make parchments, so leaves were regularly scraped or erased and re-used over and over again.

Archaeology

Hidden Text Discovered Inside Ancient Scroll

AncientPages.com | October 5, 2018

AncientPages.com - Once again scientists have managed to discovered a hidden text inside an ancient scroll. With help of new technology, researchers can now examine precious, damaged ancient scrolls

Archaeology

Hidden Text Discovered On Dead Sea Scrolls Reveals An Unknown Manuscript Is Still Missing

AncientPages.com | May 5, 2018

AncientPages.com - Scientists continue to examine the interesting Dead Sea Scrolls that were discovered in West Jordan in 1947, near the ruins of Qumran. Infrared imaging has revealed a

6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen. Image credit: (Farrin Abbott / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Archaeology

Hidden Text Of Medical Book By Doctor Galen Read For The First Time In 1000 Years

AncientPages.com | March 24, 2018

AncientPages.com - A 6th century hidden medical text from a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen, has been found with the help of X-ray technology. The words had been