Hunwick, John O.

The hidden treasures of Timbuktu : historic city of Islamic Africa, with 193 colour illustrations / John O. Hunwick and Alida Jay Boye ; photography by Joseph Hunwick. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2008. - 175 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 33 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-164) and index.

Plates I: The setting -- Timbuktu: where the camel meets the canoe -- Plates II: Portraits -- Timbuktu: a sanctuary for scholars -- Plates III: Manuscripts -- Timbuktu: scholars and libraries past and present.

9780500514214 (hbk.) 0500514216 (hbk.)

2009294321

GBA893573 bnb

014680056 Uk


Learning and scholarship--History.--Mali--Tombouctou
Manuscripts, Arabic--Mali--Tombouctou.


Tombouctou (Mali)--History.
Tombouctou (Mali)--Civilization.
Tombouctou (Mali)--Intellectual life.

DT551.9.T55 / H866 2008

966.23 HUN 2008