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Subject(s)

• Africa, Sub-Saharan—History—Sources—Manuscripts—Congresses [Browse]
• Manuscripts—Africa, Sub-Saharan—Congresses [Browse]
• Islamic civilization—Manuscripts—Congresses [Browse]
• Manuscripts, African—Conservation and restoration—Congresses [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—Africa, Sub-Saharan—Congresses [Browse]

Editor

• Brigaglia, Andrea, 1976- [Browse]
• Nobili, Mauro [Browse]

Series

• Studies in manuscript cultures v. 12. [More in this series]
• Studies in manuscript cultures, 2365-9696 ; volume 12 [More in this series]

Summary note

Most studies of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa mainly aim at serving literary and historical purposes, and focus on the textual dimension. This book advances on the contrary a holistic approach. The contributions cover the different dimensions of the manuscript, i.e. materials, technologies, practices and the communities involved in the production, commercialization, circulation, preservation and consumption.

Notes

"The articles in this volume were originally presented at the conference The arts and crafts of literacy: manuscript cultures in Muslim Sub-Saharan Africa, held at the University of Cape Town, 5-6 September 2013"--Page vii.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Introduction : African history and islamic manuscript cultures / Mauro Nobili
• New strategies in using watermarks to date Sub-Saharan islamic manuscripts / Michaelle Biddle
• Fī Lawḥin Maḥfūẓ : towards a phenomenological analysis of the quranic tablet / Andrea Brigaglia
• Islamic education and ample space layout in West African islamic manuscripts / Dmitry Bondarev
• A preliminary appraisal of marginalia in West African manuscripts from the Mamma Haidara memorial library collection (Timbuktu) / Susana Molins Lliteras
• Writing in Africa : the Kilwa chronicle and other sixteenth-century portuguese testimonies / Adrien Delmas
• Bamana texts in arabic characters : some leaves from Mali / Tal Tamari
• Arabic and Swahili documents from the pre-colonial Congo and the EIC (Congo free state, 1885–1908) : who were the scribes? / Xavier Luffin
• Moodibbo Bello Aamadu Mohammadu and the Daada Maaje, a handbook in an indigenous fulfulde script / Mohamadou Halirou
• Elements of a ‘Timbuktu manual of style’ / Mahmoud Mohamed Dédéou and Shamil Jeppie
• Seven gravestones at the muslim Tana Baru cemetery in Cape Town : a descriptive note / Alessandro Gori
• Kaʼana Umar’s ‘CCI Quran’ : The Making of a Bornuan manuscript in the twenty-first century / Maimadu Barma Mutai and Andrea Brigaglia.

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ISBN

• 9783110541403 ((hardcover))
• 3110541408

OCLC

1005072592

RCP

H - S

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