An Excellent (Relatively) New Book on Palimpsests

I've been rather quiet over the past few years, due to the arduous (and occasionally enjoyable) task of editing the ECM Revelation, which was finally  published last year. Another little project I've been working on for longer than I care to admit is an edition of the Greek biblical texts in Codex Climaci Rescriptus.

Always trying to keep up with the secondary literature, I was very happy to stumble across a fantastic volume edited by Claudia Rapp and her colleagues at the University of Vienna/Austrian Academy of Sciences entitled New Light on Old Manuscripts: The Sinai Palimpsests and Other Advances in Palimpsest Studies. The good folks at the AAS have an excellent track record in palimpsest research, and they are collaborating with some of the imaging scientists with whom my CCR colleagues and I have had the pleasure of working (most notably Roger Easton and Keith Knox). Anyway, the book is divided into five main sections, namely 'Saint Catherine’s Monastery and Its Palimpsests', 'Palimpsests and Their Contexts', 'Palimpsests and Their Contents', 'Imaging and Processing Methods', 'Management and Display'. The 32 (!) essays in the volume are full of interesting information on all aspects of palimpsest work, and their relevance extends far beyond the Sinai palimpsests. I was particularly pleased to see the chapters on the arcana of image processing, making it more accessible to the more technically ignorant, mono-dimensional philologists such as yours truly. 

And, best of all, the entire book is available via Open Access, so tollite, legite without delay!