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SUMMARY:The Syriac Galen Palimpsest: Uncovering the Hidden Text by Means 
 of Technology\, Codicology and Philology
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DESCRIPTION:This talk will present the progress and interim results of th
 e Syriac Galen Palimpsest (SGP) Project implemented at the University of
  Manchester since September 2015.  The SGP is a bound manuscript kept in
  a private collection in the US. It currently consists of 226 parchment 
 leaves and is a palimpsest throughout\, i.e. contains traces of undertex
 t washed off to allow writing the overtext above it. Both texts are writ
 ten in Syriac\, the overtext is an example of a Melkite (Rum Orthodox) l
 iturgical book\, while the undertext is a Syriac translation of Galen’s 
 treatise “On simple drugs” produced in the 6th century by a West Syrian 
 scholar Sergius of Resh ‘Aina.    Natalia and Naima will discuss the pro
 blems\, which scholars encounter when approaching this type of material\
 , the typical methodology and the benefits of using advanced imaging tec
 hniques\, which allow substantial improvement to the readability of the 
 undertext.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:The Christie Room\, John Rylands Research Institute and Library\
 , 150 Deansgate\, Manchester\, Gtr Manchester\, M3 3EH
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