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A manuscript is cleaned at SAVAMA-DCI in Bamako, 8 August 2019. Mark Fischer, “Timbuktu Manuscript”, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Timbuktu Manuscript

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Timbuktu’s manuscripts: knowledge, social obligations and the work of custodians

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