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Show ClMiVEKSTlTY OF MICHIGAN SENT FOR INFORMATION OF J (j) Hsrch 26, 19oC His S#*tfti*d# torphyrtus II! Archbishop of Mownt Sinai Couvent de tafftttHMstrfat IS nl4m @t-§«h#r Cairo, ml ted Ar#fe Republic (Egyptian Area) Your gratitude; Hy respected #rf««d ami faraar coUeagus, frofmmr Aziz S. Atiya, has kindly Inforaed m of t cofrs$p0f*dence tie has had with Yoar Beatftudu concerning thm possibility of another archaaologSaal sxpeditfon to itm ronestery af $aln£ Catharine under the sponsorship of the universities of Alexandria, Princeton, and «lchl§an. Frost him I tuarmid that vow would ba favorably df$p©s#d toward &ych a proposal. I urn cJccoly lurched to tliink that you would #§ain r**J>taa tar m K s U m with the sama courtec hospitality you displayed toNurd us In 1§58. in all public cam il a :.</ .,*»^&crs of the If SB expedition, tea hav® trial to convey o*r p^SM I for the c©rdf«i reception sit raatNai frasi you and from tin riit§t#r§, Tha project SJi wow submit for yctyr approval wwlrf be fsraelsely like the last on® ami would ba simply m axtvi*$iun of that uve. Thc s tss^riral and artistic treasures of the Honastary are so vast that w ra unable to record Us** all during th® axaeditica ®l If SI , Ttssta treasures are familiar to tfl the rafffiatta @nd Imrmi world* 4m to tl i ri sych gr##t acte!«rt as $©t#rf©y. §ar fwrf»s® Is simply to continue their afftrlt tail In purtfcylar, to complete tht photographic record of all this wealth of materia!. To mate such a p\ i t ^ I ., wid to produce an architectural plan of tha great church und Its surroundiaf saitdh Ir*9S Is a iona undertaking which vae wora unable to coaalete It ItSt. is should like, therefore, ia return to the Monastery In S€Pt©«feer» ?9->0f and to raaein tnere MatII tha twiddle of incumber, I960. Our party muU la* tlsStt four of the sawn iwMbarg as In 1958, namely: Mrs. Grace Durfte, Professor vfeitzmann, Mr. aa^ftregf, and t»ysalf. In addition, wo shotild like to bring Professor |hor Ssvcente ©f Coluabla diversity in i@w York City, a distinguished Byzantine historian and 'ipffrtpftsr who coytd help ys with tha dating of various docyments and manuscripts in tha Library tasj coytd r@ad the natrons historical inscriptions m»h± «i., ' >,i *, .*. . aplastic fewildlnf*. it li iflso possible that the foliowini persons, all af slstti visited the monastery in If5i-I95tf »Ight be atife to join us for longer or shorter periods of time: Professor ^\ph &m mrry9 Ptofmmwr Pay! k, tj«derwwdf COPY 6130 5-58 200-rms S 53700 |