Often, in 1000 CE, the materials on which manuscripts werewrittenwere used several times, as one message was scrapedaway and overlaid with another, producing the difficult-to-decipher documents known as _____. A. codices
A. codices
B. vellum
C. phylacteries
D. palimpsests
D. palimpsests
Explanation: Before the spread of paper, manuscripts weretreasured and copied many times, slowly and painstakingly,by hand. Often the materials on which they were writtenwere used several times, as one message was scrapedaway and overlaid with another, producing the difficult-to-decipher documents known as palimpsests.
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