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The rescue of the fabulous lost library of Deir al-Surian
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[1] This Day in Aviation https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/30-december-1935-wind-sand-stars/, 29 December 2017
[2] https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1827/
[3] “The Coptic Monasteries of the Wadi Natrun” https://www.metmuseum.org/pubs/bulletins/1/pdf/3252813.pdf.bannered.pdf
[4] Natron is a hydrated sodium carbonate mineral with the formula Na2CO3·10H2O. The chemical symbol for sodium, “Na”, is based on the Latin natrium.
[5] MF Sayed and MH Abdo, “Assessment of Environmental Impact on Wadi el-Natrun Depression Lakes Water, Egypt”, World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences 1 (2) 129-136, 2009 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9434/7d35053545e59a5fe24e1af1141273a70fc5.pdf
http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/shortland/shortland.html
[6] Karl-Heinz Brune, “The multiethnic character of the Wad al-Natrun”, Christianity and Monasticism in Wadi al-Natrun, American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, 2009 (ed Maged SA Mikhail and Mark Moussa), at 12, 13.
[7] Karel Innemée, “A Lifetime in Solitary: Early Hermits of the Egyptian Deserts”, Rawi Magazine, Iss 6, 2014 http://rawi-magazine.com/articles/solitary_life/
[8] Victor Salama, “The Deir Al-Surian Manuscript Library”, Watani International, 6 July 2013 http://en.wataninet.com/culture/heritage/the-deir-al-surian-manuscript-library/10517/
[9] Martin Bailey for The Art Newspaper, “Ancient Manuscripts Found in Egyptian Monastery”, Forbes, 29 May 2002 https://www.forbes.com/2002/05/29/0529conn.html#5d18f0372944; SG Richter “Wadi El Natrun and Coptic Literature” in Christianity and Monasticism in Wadi Al-Natrun, American Univ in Cairo Press, 2009 (eds Maged S. A. Mikhail and Mark Moussa, at 43ff.
[10] Teresa Levonian Cole, “Egypt’s Mysterious Monastery Hides Ancient Secrets”, Assyrian International News Agency, 7 February 2014, http://www.aina.org/ata/20140206205930.htm; Jimmy Dunn, “The Monastery of the Syrins in Wadi Natrun”, in Tour Egypt http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/surian.htm; Richter, op cit.
[11] Other foreign collectors included the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and the St. Petersburg Library.
[12] Hon Robert Curzon. A Visit to Monasteries in the Levan , George P Putnam & Co, New York 1852 https://archive.org/stream/avisittomonaste01curzgoog/avisittomonaste01curzgoog_djvu.txt
[13] Salama, op cit; Bailey op cit
[14] E Sobczynski and M Antonia, “The new Deir al-Surian library and conservation centre”, May 2013. 20-23; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292112802_The_new_Deir_al-Surian_library_and_conservation_centre
Sebastian Brock and Lucas van Rompay, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts and Fragments in the Library of Deir al-Surian, Wadi al-Natrun (Egypt), Uitgeverij Peeters, 2014.
[15] A future Journal article on this aspect is being contemplated.
[16] Salama, op cit.
[17] Salama, op cit.
[18] Review in Ecclesiologist No LXXIII August 1849 at p 2 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eI0QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=visits+to+monasteries+in+the+levant+curzon&source=bl&ots=JlezPPmpCA&sig=VwjMiL_Nocb-RVllaz-gGDGMCXk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IWjHUpeLO8aXkgWChoC4CA&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=visits%20to%20monasteries%20in%20the%20levant%20curzon&f=false
[19] Bailey, op cit.
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[1] This Day in Aviation https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/30-december-1935-wind-sand-stars/, 29 December 2017
[2] https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1827/
[3] “The Coptic Monasteries of the Wadi Natrun” https://www.metmuseum.org/pubs/bulletins/1/pdf/3252813.pdf.bannered.pdf
[4] Natron is a hydrated sodium carbonate mineral with the formula Na2CO3·10H2O. The chemical symbol for sodium, “Na”, is based on the Latin natrium.
[5] MF Sayed and MH Abdo, “Assessment of Environmental Impact on Wadi el-Natrun Depression Lakes Water, Egypt”, World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences 1 (2) 129-136, 2009 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9434/7d35053545e59a5fe24e1af1141273a70fc5.pdf
http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/shortland/shortland.html
[6] Karl-Heinz Brune, “The multiethnic character of the Wad al-Natrun”, Christianity and Monasticism in Wadi al-Natrun, American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, 2009 (ed Maged SA Mikhail and Mark Moussa), at 12, 13.
[7] Karel Innemée, “A Lifetime in Solitary: Early Hermits of the Egyptian Deserts”, Rawi Magazine, Iss 6, 2014 http://rawi-magazine.com/articles/solitary_life/
[8] Victor Salama, “The Deir Al-Surian Manuscript Library”, Watani International, 6 July 2013 http://en.wataninet.com/culture/heritage/the-deir-al-surian-manuscript-library/10517/
[9] Martin Bailey for The Art Newspaper, “Ancient Manuscripts Found in Egyptian Monastery”, Forbes, 29 May 2002 https://www.forbes.com/2002/05/29/0529conn.html#5d18f0372944; SG Richter “Wadi El Natrun and Coptic Literature” in Christianity and Monasticism in Wadi Al-Natrun, American Univ in Cairo Press, 2009 (eds Maged S. A. Mikhail and Mark Moussa, at 43ff.
[10] Teresa Levonian Cole, “Egypt’s Mysterious Monastery Hides Ancient Secrets”, Assyrian International News Agency, 7 February 2014, http://www.aina.org/ata/20140206205930.htm; Jimmy Dunn, “The Monastery of the Syrins in Wadi Natrun”, in Tour Egypt http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/surian.htm; Richter, op cit.
[11] Other foreign collectors included the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and the St. Petersburg Library.
[12] Hon Robert Curzon. A Visit to Monasteries in the Levan , George P Putnam & Co, New York 1852 https://archive.org/stream/avisittomonaste01curzgoog/avisittomonaste01curzgoog_djvu.txt
[13] Salama, op cit; Bailey op cit
[14] E Sobczynski and M Antonia, “The new Deir al-Surian library and conservation centre”, May 2013. 20-23; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292112802_The_new_Deir_al-Surian_library_and_conservation_centre
Sebastian Brock and Lucas van Rompay, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts and Fragments in the Library of Deir al-Surian, Wadi al-Natrun (Egypt), Uitgeverij Peeters, 2014.
[15] A future Journal article on this aspect is being contemplated.
[16] Salama, op cit.
[17] Salama, op cit.
[18] Review in Ecclesiologist No LXXIII August 1849 at p 2 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eI0QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=visits+to+monasteries+in+the+levant+curzon&source=bl&ots=JlezPPmpCA&sig=VwjMiL_Nocb-RVllaz-gGDGMCXk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IWjHUpeLO8aXkgWChoC4CA&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=visits%20to%20monasteries%20in%20the%20levant%20curzon&f=false
[19] Bailey, op cit.
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