The trans-Saharan book trade : manuscript culture, Arabic literacy and intellectual history in Muslim Africa / edited by Graziano Krätli, Ghislaine Lydon.
As the manuscript treasures in the libraries of Timbuktu and throughout the northwestern quarter of Africa become known, many questions are raised. How did a manuscript culture flourish in the Sahara and in Muslim Africa more generally? Under what conditions did African intellectuals thrive, and how...
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| Other title: | Manuscript culture, Arabic literacy and intellectual history in Muslim Africa. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Series: | Library of the written word. Manuscript world ;
v. 3. |
| Subjects: |
Norlin Library - Stacks
| Call Number: |
Z106.5.A3554 T73 2011
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| Z106.5.A3554 T73 2011 | Available Place a Hold |