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The University of Utah’s J. Willard MarriotLibrary has finished a 6 year project digitizing and uploading their Arabicpapyri collection. "The Arabic Papyrus, Parchment &#38; Paper Collection is thelargest of its kind in the United States, containing 770 Arabic papyrusdocuments, 1300 Arabic paper documents, and several pieces on parchment. Thecollection was acquired by Prof. Aziz Suriyal Atiya, founder of the MiddleEast Center and the Middle East Library. A large number of pieces date tothe period between 700 and 850 CE. The collection includes a significantnumber of documents from the pre-Ottoman period and thus offers uniquesource material on the political, economic, religious and intellectual lifeof Egypt during the first two centuries of Islamic rule and the period up toOttoman domination." (Library web site)Here is the direct link to the digitized collection:http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/az?page=61Please note that the Rare Books Division’s managing curator, Luise Poulton,luise.poulton@utah.eduwould like to hear of your findings from the collection and will add yourname to the metadata and to the list of search terms.  Any publications willalso be cited. For publication permission, please contact Luise.