# Detached palimpsest leaf at Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 1879.23)

> One folio of the Archimedes undertext, De sphaera et cylindro, under part of the Liturgy of St Basil.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/artifacts/ART0CT7NEKT7177/detached-palimpsest-leaf-at-cambridge-university-library-ms  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
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# Detached palimpsest leaf at Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 1879.23)

DocumentCC-BY-3.0Probably taken from the book by Tischendorf in Constantinople in the 1840s

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://archimedespalimpsest.net/Data/).

One folio of the Archimedes undertext, De sphaera et cylindro, under part of the Liturgy of St Basil.

Archimedes Palimpsest Project, 1876. CC-BY-3.0

## Copies 2

**Photo** Archimedes Palimpsest Project · archimedespalimpsest.net · CC-BY-3.0Primary source: [The Archimedes Palimpsest: Data directory](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT7MTK60HK1/the-archimedes-palimpsest-data-directory)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://archimedespalimpsest.net/Data/)

**Scan** Cambridge University Library · cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk · not stated on the page; reuse by request to the LibraryPrimary source: [Archimedes Palimpsest, MS Add. 1879.23 (Cambridge Digital Library)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT7MY0J30TE/archimedes-palimpsest-ms-add-1879-23-cambridge-digital)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-01879-00023)

## Where it is kept

[Cambridge University Library](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CT7N0EP347D/cambridge-university-library) · Library

## Sources 1

- [Archimedes Palimpsest, MS Add. 1879.23 (Cambridge Digital Library)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT7MY0J30TE/archimedes-palimpsest-ms-add-1879-23-cambridge-digital)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Detached palimpsest leaf at Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 1879.23) [Artifact ART0CT7NEKT7177]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CT7NEKT7177
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**ART** 0CT7NEKT7177

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Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 1879.23

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probably taken from the book by Tischendorf in Constantinople in the 1840s; bought by the Library from Tischendorf's executors in 1876

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