A life in City of Books · composite, based on the record
A copyist, twenty-two
He copies his teacher's book in black and red ink. One copy stays in the family library; the other goes north with the caravan.
The law of City of Books
Timbuktu was a city of scholars. Books came across the Sahara with the salt caravans and were copied, taught and kept in scholars' family libraries. A traveller wrote that books sold for more profit than any other goods in the market.
A life in City of Books · composite, based on the record
He copies his teacher's book in black and red ink. One copy stays in the family library; the other goes north with the caravan.
Meanwhile, in the same age
