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Show ' • m 5 - force in it until the fourteenth. Only then, for soae reasons still unclear, they retired and their nasAors war© depleted., thus, w© deduce teat tee Arabic aonueerlpts range ^between tie eighth and the fourteenth senturios. The 13th century was probably tee Mghwateraark in their activity. Since the 24th century, tee Greek speaking make who knew little -or a© Arabic waived aside the Arabic material which suffered greats froa hualdlty of storage as well as hook-worms and vermin, 1 opened iaany a book probably for the first tifte since tee 14th eentary, contrary to th© Greek Collection which was ©xtrsiaely well-kept and used by monks of .all geasrations. Though ©oelealastical in its general bearing, this collection contains material of the highest laportanee la other spheres of knowledge. Th© Lives of Saints and Martyrdom, the works on the Canons of Councils" - Apostolic and OeoumeBioal - as well as local synods, a sutaher of chronicles, diaries, treaty records, lodgers, receipt books,, archive registers, and xmrnrtMs works on philosophy^ •4P& logic, sms«eae"4$fimte§s» are amongst the features of th© Collection, Ifeny of tease date froa the ninth and tenth centuries and will undoubtedly add such to th© heritage of Arabic knowledge. Bibles and Gospels and aany Psalters, tee earliest on record, -were teanslatediby mm who knew Greek should offer Bible scholars unteinkabl© material for tee revision of th® Arabic Bible version, ** I shall return/to sou® of tee gems in -tee collection, ©spo^s^y tee Faliapeeeta. j&H=3s£»a»-*o«i«it tee story of th© Finnan Collection. Just before ^ s r ^ ^ K f c ^ ^ f m ^ two Geraan scholars,. Sari Scheldt and Bemhard Hbrita, discovered a fraction of this Collection amounting to about Q6\ scrolls. Realising the isfjortanc© of teeir find, they went to th© Monastery with ©aaeras and photographic material, and succeeded in photographing th© lot, |