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ORMOS, István: The Correspondence of Ignaz Goldziher and Max Herz

ISTVÁN ORMOS had sent him a copy of his catalogue of the Arab Museum, which had just been published.

8 At the same time he asked Goldziher's advice which library in the "fatherland" would be interested in receiving a copy of it as he would gladly send them one. Judging from Herz's next letter, Goldziher seems to have been greatly surprised to discover that a compatriot of his was occupying such an important post and doing such an outstanding work in Egypt. Goldziher published an enthusiastic review in Hungarian of Herz's catalogue in a review of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which appeared in the same year, and appears to have sent Herz a copy of it because Herz thanked him for it.

9 At the same time he must have suggested that Herz send a copy to the Hungarian Academy because he presented a copy of this work on Herz's behalf to the Fifth General Session of the Academy on 27 May 1895.

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0 This copy is extant in the Library of the Academy with a dedication in Goldziher's hand: "From the author to the H. Academy of Sei. by me Goldziher. (Szerzőtől a M. T. Akadémiának általam Goldziher

.)" That this new acquaintance made a deep impression upon Goldziher is clearly shown by the fact that the following year, in 1896, Herz was elected an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was nominated by Goldziher and Zsolt Beöthy." Herz was aware of Goldziher's role in his nomination and thanked him for his kindness and respect. In the course of the years the letters contained many references to Herz's relationship with the Academy. He turned regularly to Goldziher for advice in affairs concerning the Academy. When however it came to Goldziher's election as an honorary member of the Institut Egyptien and Goldziher appears to have thanked Herz for his role in it, Herz stated clearly that he played no such role since nearly all of the votes were positive. At the same time he congratulated Goldziher on his election." The text of the relevant part of his letter runs as follows: "My contribution to your being elected an honorary member of our Institute was less than 8 Catalogue sommaire des monuments exposes dans le Musée National de I'Art Arabe par Max Herz, Architecte en chef du Comité de Conser\<ation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe, Délégué par le Comité á la Conservation du Musée, Le Caire 1895, LXV+187 pp. It also appeared in English translation the following year: [Arab Museum

.] Catalogue of the National Museum of Arab Art by Max Herz Bey, Chief architect of the Commission of Arab Monuments, Curator of the Museum, edited by Stanley Lane-Poole, M.A., Hon. Member of the Commission of Arab Monuments. With illustrations, London, Gilbert & Rivingston Limited, Clerkenwell and Bemard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly, (1896). 9 Goldziher Ignácz/Arab műemlékek' [Monuments of Arab Art], Budapesti Szemle 84 (1895), 132-137. 11

1 Akadémiai Értesítő 6 (1895), 442. 1

1 Zsolt Beöthy (1848-1922), literary historian and aesthete, professor at the University of Budapest, member and vice-president of the Academy, a foremost figure of the literary establishment of the period. 1

2 Letter dated Cairo, 12 May 1905. 162