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Show £taji_Chronicle. Dec. 4, 1961 Middle East Book-Buying Trip Results In 11000 Volumes For Utah By JAMES COOK Chronicle Staff Writer Eleven thousand books have been added to the University library. After a three-month book-buying excursion in the Middle East, Dr. Aziz S. Atiya, professor of languages, returned to the University with nearly 11,000 volumes and brochures in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian. These books, and material now in the Institute of In- I ternational Ptud i c s. 1 the LlllVUI'sily one make of the best schools in the country with a Middle Eastern program. All branches of Arabic culture are represented by these books- references works, dictionaries, classicsj history, science, philosophy, theology, literature, and linguistics. They will supplement the library and will provide research material for degrees in Middle Eastern Studies. SOME OP THE BOOKS are over 100 years old. Among them are several whichi were printed in an unique way. First the page was slowly carved onto a flat stone. Then the finished stone was rubbed with ink and applied to the paper under heavy force. One of these, a 150-year old Arabic grammer, is "worth its weight in gold," according to Dr. Atiya. WHILE the majority of these were sought out book by book in the native hazars, ancient vaults, private homes, and many obscure places, a few were donated by personal friends of Dr. Atiya. |
