The trans-Saharan book trade : manuscript culture, Arabic literacy, and intellectual history in Muslim Africa / / edited by Graziano Krätli, Ghislaine Lydon.

• Superior document: Library of the written word, v. 8
• TeilnehmendeR: Krätli, Graziano.; Lydon, Ghislaine.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Library of the written word ; 8.; Library of the written word. Manuscript world ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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...