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Lost star catalog found on pages of medieval manuscript

Al Mayadeen English   Source: The Arts Newspaper    2022-10-25 12:37    0 Shares
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A passage from the writings of the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus had been wiped out and rewritten.

A multi-spectral image of a page of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus, showing the erased Greek text in red under the Syriac text in black Courtesy Museum of the Bible Collection. All rights reserved. © Museum of the Bible, 2021.
A multi-spectral image of a page of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus, showing the erased Greek text in red under the Syriac text in black Courtesy Museum of the Bible Collection. All rights reserved. © Museum of the Bible, 2021.
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