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Show university of utah news FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANCIENT SCROLLS DONATED TO U MIDDLE EAST COLLECTION A 1,435-item collection of manuscripts, papyri fragments and scrolls has been donated to the Middle East Collection at the University of Utah Marriott Library. The contribution was made by Dr. Aziz S. Atiya, Distinguished Professor of History and professor of languages at the U. A native Egyptian who is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on Arabic studies, Dr. Atiya was the original director of the University's Middle Bast Center and lias been instrumental in establishing the library's Arabic collection as one of the most significant in the country. The donated items from Dr. Atiya's private collection include four papyrus fragments of ancient scrolls, 180 ragpaper and old paper scrolls from the 10th century, 1,185 manuscript folios from the 11th to the 19th century, and 66 tracts and treatises in Arabic manuscript from the 12th to the 19th century. The collection was valued at nearly $5,000 by George Makdisi, professor of Arabic and islamic languages at Pennsylvania State University. (more) Department of Public Relations / 308 Park Building / 581-6773 |