Parchment manuscript, Timbuktu, 13th – 17th c. AD, 26.5 x 41 cm

Steles : Stone plaques (marble, sandstone) with Arabic writing.
Manuscripts : Parchment, paper. From Timbuktu, Djenné, Gao, Kayes and Ségou.
Mostly written in Arabic. Individual pages or entire books, sometimes leather-bound, with or without
illuminations.