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Show 2<*> •<?/? •*" 00* *E?.A7I OS BBTVggM fGXW U S ?•&•*• rn m* SISAX zr.rEOT*zm fine® 1917, the Library cf Coaeroos has envisaged th.© possiMlity of Isaaehing an expedition of a mdxfm character to rlcrefilm the for-cidsble aanuseript collection of tie ram***xy of ft, Catherine in R*« SSaai* It M&U not will i>eeesber 1<9A9 that tee project began to mfttet4~ alise after lose aseotiatJoas with the Archbishop of VU Siaai, thanks to the united efforts of Farouk I tlniverelt? (A^oxnadria) aad the AnerieoR foundstica for the Stsdy of Man (hew Saras whose representatives finally gueeeeded la persuading tt e Awbhialx* to give M s apprwal to the plaas tm% by the library of Congress. The necessary apparatus sad a Berber of .4*0-3y qualified tceheieiana were st ease dispatebed final Row Xork to ' Egypt, la t*a aaaatiate, the Egyptian rovaraaeat granted the tspedStdoa nil the necessary facilities, Inciting eiaraUo* froa eustoas and all mane? of taxes ir«u:fccat upoa th® extensive sad moessary nateziala. •Inoe ths final f*t*8St0a has been a forbidden rllit:ry sons, Epeeial dispensation ma nceerdad to ths X peltion anaftere to »*ro freely to the Iteaast ry. At a later stage, as t?e work of rlarofilriac was revealed to exceed all sapeetatiea*, f-vcrctl official Egyptian crganisatioar, Including tTe Miairtr >f Sdueailon, ?ouad 2 Iriveraity (Cairo) ead rar-/d 1 l elvers! ty (Alex'iairia} lent i'e 5apedl"laa a audber of te.-". nies 1 assistants wit: oat shoot help the eeaoaplIeS f^at of the vor! wuld fe v® b e n physically irr-ossibla, A atJRber of international s holers * * » engaged ia the sifting, sr-raaeeaest sad catologing of the vast stacks of ranuseripts in tvel-w languages as a preliminary stop towards feeding tf» aiarefila c-asrae. l|ypt |