ARABIC SCRIPTS IN WEST AFRICAN MANUSCRIPTS:

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" ARABIC SCRIPTS IN WEST AFRICAN MANUSCRIPTS: "
Mauro Nobili

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067300
Doc. No	:	LA110929
Call No	:	‭10.5192/215409930201105‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Mauro Nobili
Title & Author	:	ARABIC SCRIPTS IN WEST AFRICAN MANUSCRIPTS: [Article] : A TENTATIVE CLASSIFICATION FROM THE DE GIRONCOURT COLLECTION\ Mauro Nobili
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Islamic Africa
Date	:	2011
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/1
Page No	:	105–133
Abstract	:	Arabic scripts employed in West African manuscripts have not been fully explored in scholarly literature. The aim of this paper is twofold: to discuss the literature available on this issue and to advance a classification of West African writing styles. This classification is based on the case study of the “de Gironcourt” collection of Arabic manuscripts, gathered in the modern states of Mali, Niger, and Nigeria at the beginning of the twentieth century. Arabic scripts employed in West African manuscripts have not been fully explored in scholarly literature. The aim of this paper is twofold: to discuss the literature available on this issue and to advance a classification of West African writing styles. This classification is based on the case study of the “de Gironcourt” collection of Arabic manuscripts, gathered in the modern states of Mali, Niger, and Nigeria at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.5192/215409930201105‬