# The Archimedes Palimpsest Project n.d.: The Archimedes Palimpsest: History

> The Archimedes Palimpsest Project, n.d.. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the history and for missing leaves and added paintings.

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# The Archimedes Palimpsest: History

The Archimedes Palimpsest Project, n.d.. _archimedespalimpsest.org_.

The project's account of the manuscript from its tenth-century copying to the 1229 prayer book, Heiberg's work, its disappearance, the 1998 sale and its deposit at the Walters Art Museum, with the condition of the book.

**Archimedes Palimpsest** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the history and for missing leaves and added paintings.

## Cited by on this site 10 records

[The Archimedes Palimpsest (Codex C)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/artifacts/ART0CT7NDCR1SMD/the-archimedes-palimpsest-codex-c)

ART

[Three Archimedes leaves seen by Heiberg are missing and the book was damaged by mould.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/evidence/EVD0CT7NAYM5GXH/three-archimedes-leaves-seen-by-heiberg-are-missing-and-the)

Evidence

EVD

[Heiberg identifies the Archimedes text at the Metochion in Constantinople](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/events/EVT0CT7N25C2C1H/heiberg-identifies-the-archimedes-text-at-the-metochion-in)

EVT

[The Archimedes book (Codex C) is copied, probably in Constantinople](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/events/EVT0CT7N1NR7DNG/the-archimedes-book-codex-c-is-copied-probably-in)

EVT

[The erased leaves are reused for a prayer book, completed 13 April 1229](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/events/EVT0CT7N1XJ795B/the-erased-leaves-are-reused-for-a-prayer-book-completed-13)

EVT

[The owner deposits the book at the Walters Art Museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/events/EVT0CT7N2WT7H0D/the-owner-deposits-the-book-at-the-walters-art-museum)

EVT

[The palimpsest is sold at Christie's New York for US$2 million](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/events/EVT0CT7N2N02TS8/the-palimpsest-is-sold-at-christies-new-york-for-us-2)

EVT

[The Archimedes Palimpsest](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest)

The mystery article

MYS

[Walters Art Museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/organisations/ORG0CT7N1DY1CQ8/walters-art-museum)

ORG

[What in the palimpsest remains unread or unidentified?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/questions/QST0CT7N4VA52VA/what-in-the-palimpsest-remains-unread-or-unidentified)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
The Archimedes Palimpsest Project (n.d.). The Archimedes Palimpsest: History. archimedespalimpsest.org. https://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/about/history/
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[Read it free at archimedespalimpsest.org](https://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/about/history/)

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**SRC** 0CT7MTV00J8Z

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The publisher's

Kept

29 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

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