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Show Fros this review, It becomes clear that the Archbishop has seised the present opportunity to make a stipulation that the monastery should be Indemnified for allowing lta menuscrlpts to be photograph**. 4part fro?» the human aide of the sad financial position of the monastery, I really fe«l that the Archbishop1 a request calls for much thought and consideration. Tula collection of manuscripts is the monk^ last moral and material stronghold ana to be fair I srust declare that Its acquisition In the form of photographs f©r the Library of Congress is simply ineetiaable in the way of dollars. Xt is on this firm ground that I make the atrongeat possible appeal to you ts cope with the whole situation ma^ianimously and sea your way towards raising the funds sufficient for realielng a wonderful project. relieve me, Toura sincerely, A.S. ATIYA, H.A., Ph.D., Litt.D. Professor of ladieval History and Vice-Bean, i acuity of Arts, Farouk I Bnlveralty. Cr. Luther Evans, Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington S.C. i ^ fT* *ond#l1 FhUXtpa Insisted that some sort of as estimate OA the wongress Library subsidy to the monastery should be made clear. Accordingly, I wtsn to mention in the first instance that the Archbishop put £B.10,000 as a tentative figure, that is, about §40,000. Personally I believe this may be too much for the budget of as official organ aa your library, in the eiseusistfcnces I thin* that fl0,000 should prove possible to both parties, and I will do my utmost to bring the monastery authoritiee to accept it Sow the matter is entirely in your hands; and, after all the rains whiefc Mr. ftendell Phillips and I have taken in this connection, we can only wish the pr>Ject all the sucass which It deserves, /w/j |
