[MR] extra book

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I have an extra copy of "Siculo Arabic" by Dionisius Agius which I would be  
happy to give to a good home.
 
"This book re-examines the socio-linguistic situation in Sicily during both  
the Islamic (485-1091) and the Norman (1091-1282) rules.  Together with  Islam 
and Christianity, the customs of the local people mixed with those of the  
Arabs, Berbers, Normans, Lombards, and others.  This assimilation is called  
Siculo Arabic."
 
Although mainly based on linguistics, there is, at the same time, immediate  
documention for many "things" during this time period:  hedgehog, the small  
long hairs under the part beneath the lower jaw of the camel, a rolling pin,  
tooth-stick, a man having no hair upon the side of his face (but only upon his  
chin), a game with three dice, orange blossoms, etc.
 
If more than one person wants the book, I'll put the names in a hat and  draw 
one.  
 
Nancy