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Show z '.£/°i American Mission 4 Shari' el M»ligui el Ezbekiyah, Cairo April 17, 1955 Professor Aziz Sourial Atiya 14 Shari' Wadi el-Mil Maadi Dear Professor Atiyas It was indeed a privilege to talk with you about your discoveries at St. Catherine's Monastery and about the early Arabic translations of the Bible. The volume to which I referred is: Gibson, Margaret Dunlop. Studia Sinaitioa No. II. An Arabic Version of the Epistles of St Paul to~"tiTg- Romans! Corinthians, eaiatlans with part of tne 'lEplstTerTo~"^e''1'Etah'estOTTS" from a Ninth Century'MS. in ths Convent of St Catharine "onh.roimt Sinai. London! C.J. Clay and Sons, Cambridge University Tress warehouse, Ave Maria Lane, 1894, This volume contains an Introduction, Notes, List of Unusual Words, Index to Rubrics, Transcription of the Text. In her Introduction, p. 5, Mrs. Gibson describes the manuscript as.follows: "It had the number 155 on its tattered back, and it retains this number in the catalogue of Arabic books which I made the year after its discovery, a catalogue which will be published as No.Ill of this series. It is written on fine vellum, and has been bound in wooden boards, of which only the back now remains. Its size is 20 centimetres by 14-|-. i The number of leaves in the book is 216. Fifty-six of these contain St Paul's Epistles; th© first part of the book being occupied by the Wisdom of th© Son of Sirach, also in Arabic. In the portion which contains the Epistles tnere are 21 lines to the page, the writing being on the line, clear, and beautiful." This volume is in the Library of the Evangelical Theological Seminary, 8 Shari1 el Sikka el Beida, Abbasiyah, Cairo. ; You will also be interested in the catalogue, to which Mrs. Gibson makes reference. I have not seen this volume. It is described inside the back cover of the above vlume as follows: Studia Sinaitica III. A CATALOGUE OF THE ARABIC MSS. IN THE CONVENT of~5T. Kath.arihe~~oh Mount Sinai'.' Complied by Margaret Dunlop Gibson. Price 6s. net. In the latest issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature, March, 1953, I see that the following booklet has been published: Checklist of Manuscripts in St. Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. Prepared under the direction of Kenneth Wl Clark. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1952. Pp. xi * 53. 50 cents (check or money order payable to Librarian of Congress). I hope that tMs list includes the Arabic booksJ Please give my greetings to your wife. I shall be sure to give your greetings to Professor Albright in Johns H0pkins and to Professor Abbott in Chicago, We expect to leave in May. I can be reached during ky year in America care of ariental Institute, University of Chieago, Chicago, Illinois. Sincerely yours, A/ohn A. Thompson * |