The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Historic City of Islamic Africa - Hardcover

John O. Hunwick; Alida Jay Boye

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500514216 ISBN 13: 9780500514214

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

The city of Timbuktu in modern Mali has been a destination of legend for centuries, ever since the days when camel caravans made epic journeys across the Sahara to trade in salt, gold and slaves in its markets. Less well known is that by the mid-1400s the city was a major centre of Islamic learning and scholarship in the heart of Africa. Today the town is home to a series of collections of extraordinary historic books and manuscripts., Beautifully graphic, vividly evocative, these exquisite treasures reveal great craftsmanship as well as learning, and they form the lavish visual heart of this book. It confirms the manuscripts of Timbuktu as extraordinary treasures: invaluable historical documents; objects of tremendous beauty; and, a testament to a great centre of learning and civilization.

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Críticas:

'This is a coffee-table book of the best kind, one that wants to be read as well as seen. Accessible text... sumptuous photographs' - Elle Decoration

Biografía del autor:

Alida Jay Boye is co-founder and co-ordinator of the University of Oslo's Timbuktu Manuscripts Project.

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• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0500514216
• ISBN 13: 9780500514214
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176