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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Book Collecting in Timbuktu
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SUMMARY:Book Collecting in Timbuktu
DESCRIPTION:<h2>	<img alt="book" data-original_height="324" data-original_width="900" height="324" src="https://static.hwpi.harvard.edu/files/styles/os_files_xxlarge/public/mahindra/files/hisbook.jpg?m=1587659255&amp;itok=Nzq3kSkE" title="" width="900"><a href="internal:/history-book" title="">HISTORY OF THE BOOK</a></h2><h2>	SPEAKER: Shamil Jeppie, University of Cape Town</h2><p>	This lecture surveys five centuries of collecting in Timbuktu, a town in the interior of West Africa, that has come to symbolize a larger world of learning and book culture in the region. This lecture follows citations in texts written in the town in the 16th century, book borrowing and copying, through to a major collector of the early 20th century who both attempted to conserve the manuscript book tradition and imported printed books to Timbuktu.</p>
LOCATION:Barker Center, Room 133
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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