West African manuscripts
Senegambia
17th Century
Source: Stefanie Brinkmann, "Introduction," in Learning and Teaching in the Islamicate World, 2021.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"In West African manuscripts, ample space layout can be seen as a sign of manuscripts planned for glosses, often in local languages and partly reflecting different educational levels (D. Ogordnikova)."
Remarks
Footnote 8 indicates that 'Early examples of West African manuscripts, from the seventeenth century on, show such annotations partly reflecting teaching contexts' (p. 8). The layout is intentionally designed with 'ample space' to facilitate 'glosses' and 'shorter interlinear explanations to longer commentaries organized in text blocks' (p. 11). These features reflect the use of paper as a medium for active teaching and multi-lingual education (p. 11).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
palaeographical analysis
layout analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper TypeWest African manuscripts
RegionSenegambia
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
TitleIntroduction
AuthorStefanie Brinkmann, "Introduction," in Learning and Teaching in the Islamicate World, 2021.
CollectionIslamic manuscripts from Senegambia
Language
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