palimpsest
A manuscript on which an earlier text has been effaced and the vellum or parchment reused for another.
Palimpsest(lit. scraped again): Reuse of a surface. Of a brass: where a metal plate has been reused by turning over and engraving on the back. Of a wall painting: where one overlaps and partly obscures an earlier one.Palladian ...
 See also: Classical architecture, Frame, Tracery, Ornament, Screen
  
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