# Acerbi 2013: Review of The Archimedes Palimpsest, ed. Netz, Noel, Tchernetska and Wilson > Fabio Acerbi, 2013. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the manuscript tradition and for the published doubts about the edition. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT7MX1A5S21/review-of-the-archimedes-palimpsest-ed-netz-noel-tchernetska Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Archimedes Palimpsest](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest)Acerbi 2013 **0** # Review of The Archimedes Palimpsest, ed. Netz, Noel, Tchernetska and Wilson Fabio Acerbi, 2013. _Aestimatio 10, 34-46_. A specialist review of the 2011 edition that sets out the Archimedean manuscript tradition (Codices A, B and C), praises the images and conservation, and criticises the edition's treatment of abbreviations, diagrams and tradition as unreliable in places. **Archimedes Palimpsest** Articledoi: **[10.33137/aestimatio.v10i0.26017](https://doi.org/10.33137/aestimatio.v10i0.26017)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Source for the manuscript tradition and for the published doubts about the edition. ## Cited by on this site 9 records [The text was recovered except for passages in the gutter, under heavy mould or on badly damaged leaves, where…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/answers/ANS0CT7N6A65925/the-text-was-recovered-except-for-passages-in-the-gutter) Answer ANS [The transcription contains errors in abbreviations, diacritics and diagrams that need correcting before it…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/answers/ANS0CT7N7H85H4T/the-transcription-contains-errors-in-abbreviations) Answer ANS [Only a short fragment of the Stomachion survives, which limits any reading of its aim.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/evidence/EVD0CT7N9045087/only-a-short-fragment-of-the-stomachion-survives-which) Evidence EVD [The 2011 edition's discussion of authorship was judged inconclusive by a reviewer.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/evidence/EVD0CT7NBXW4TGY/the-2011-editions-discussion-of-authorship-was-judged) Evidence EVD [The reviewer identifies specific misreadings of abbreviations and a misleading treatment of the diagram for…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/evidence/EVD0CT7N7S20W6H/the-reviewer-identifies-specific-misreadings-of) Evidence EVD [Where folios were too damaged to give readable images, the edition uses Heiberg's photographs or scans of his…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/evidence/EVD0CT7N6J017CA/where-folios-were-too-damaged-to-give-readable-images-the) Evidence EVD [William Noel](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/people/FIG0CT7MZQ82R09/william-noel) FIG [The Archimedes Palimpsest](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest) The mystery article MYS [Is the 2011 transcription of the Archimedes text reliable?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/questions/QST0CT7N4BP1E80/is-the-2011-transcription-of-the-archimedes-text-reliable) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Acerbi, F. (2013). Review of The Archimedes Palimpsest, ed. Netz, Noel, Tchernetska and Wilson. Aestimatio 10, 34-46. https://doi.org/10.33137/aestimatio.v10i0.26017 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.33137/aestimatio.v10i0.26017) Key **SRC** 0CT7MX1A5S21 Kind Journal article Rights © Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science, all rights reserved Kept 27 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT7MX1A5S21/review-of-the-archimedes-palimpsest-ed-netz-noel-tchernetska/csl.json)