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PHYS.Org/CNRS: "Lost Page of the Archimedes Palimpsest Identified in Blois, Central France"
A French researcher identified a long-lost page from Archimedes's palimpsest, aiding efforts to locate two more missing pages and enabling advanced text analysis.
- Victor Gysembergh, a CNRS researcher, discovered a long-lost page from Archimedes in a French museum archive, with one side containing On the sphere and the cylinder.
- Historical ownership records show the palimpsest moved through the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and a 1998 auction, with three pages missing after disappearing during World War I.
- Using handwriting and diagram comparisons, the researcher Gysembergh confirmed the match by comparing handwriting, geometric figures and errors with the 1906 photographs by Heiberg, and said, 'It was very unexpected to stumble upon a Greek manuscript.'
- He plans multispectral imaging and X‑ray fluorescence in the coming year to decipher text beneath the drawing and hopes to find the other two missing pages.
- The palimpsest's history—copied in the 900s and reused—means it contains Archimedes of Syracuse's mathematical, philosophical, literary and religious writings, enriching scholarship.
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It is one of the three missing pages of this 10th century manuscript containing several copies of the treatises of the famous Greek scientist.
·Montreal, Canada
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She had been sleeping for centuries in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts of Blois. One of the three missing pages of the palimpsest of Archimedes has just been found by a CNRS researcher.
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Lost page of legendary Archimedes palimpsest found in France
It all started off as a joke, a French researcher told AFP.
·Missoula, United States
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