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Show in old newspaper' unknown oven t© the Librarian, father, I found another hug© bunch hidden behind a row of books on one of tee upper shelves. And so th© story dragged on even after tee classification of te© bulk of our first large finds; and newly discovered material had te be treated separately in a special Addendum to th© Collection, In te© end, the total rose te th© staggering figure of W&? Arable and 670 Turkish scrolls* To make you realise tee imgnitud© of this unique collection, allow me te say teat in 1932, I discovered eight such scrolls emanating fros the court of Saltan lasir ibn 0 Qalawun dated 130© I* 1330 A JO* and deposited in the Archivio de la Carena di Aragon in the city of Barcelona.,. M^acturiBg later at Gottlngon in Geraany on these eight scrolls, te© subject .aroused so MMfc interest and th© text was almat wrested froa ay hands for publication in Loipjdg. If this M M te© case with eight derelict scrolls, 1 can coirfortably leave it £&** your imagination to consider tee possibilities of ay 173? pieces. And ©von at that, you must r«ae*i»r teat sow of tee decn&ents are quite fantastic in •. ...*,. .i '. -•' •'-• 7 - length,. 1 laay quote for your laforastion a .deed or ind©ntura/«ttaE:^seter scroll of oiled paper m about eighty feet. This Is really what is left of it, for its inception was worn and fell off. It is inscribed on both sides, iMNe^lfr SJWW 'WSS^y^ml^tlm^ writing in all. It would be bard te over-ecsaggerate the value of teis trsasure-trov © which is a real paradise for tee Bibliophile end te© Historian, A H I can do now In &s«s4sga<© lecture is to put forward before you|.eoine of th® bearings of these scrolls on twaerous fields of study, I, - Palaeography and th© Evolution of Arabic Calligraphy, 1. Provenance of tees© doaufoente froa official sources ©specially th© &&M&&& court and te© courts of Justice, |
