Palimpsest – writing material has been re-used after previous marks have been erased or covered. PA -LIMP-SEST is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been scraped or washed off so that the page can be reused for another document.
History can be seen, usually by under-layers visible under the recent image. Palimpsest is reuse, layering, hidden qualities and layers of meaning.
Ulla West 