| The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa Contributor(s): Krätli, Graziano, Lydon, Ghislaine |
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ISBN: 9004187421 ISBN-13: 9789004187429 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $155.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 011.310 |
| LCCN: 2010033343 |
| Series: Library of the Written Word / Library of the Written Word - |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.6" W x 9.6" (1.90 lbs) 440 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 did they acquire scholarly works and the writing paper necessary to contribute to knowledge? By exploring the history of the trans-Saharan book and paper trades, the scholarly production and teaching curriculae of African Muslims and the formation, preservation and codicology of library collections, the authors of this original volume provide a variety of answers. The select number of invited contributions represents current research in the material, technological, economic, and cultural dimensions of manuscript production, circulation, and preservation, and the development of specific scholarly and intellectual traditions in Saharan and Sudanic Africa |