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Published June 25, 2025 | Version v1
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MPRINT INFORMATION SYSTEM

Creators

  • 1. University of Hamburg
  • 2. University of Bergen

Contributors

Researcher:

  • 1. ROR icon Universität Hamburg
  • 2. Roskilde University

Description

MprinT Information System

MprinT project (2021 – 2025)

  • Investigate the shift from manuscriptto print culture in Islamic textual traditions along the Swahili coast ofEast Africa during the 19th and 20th centuries
  • Collect and document data on themanuscript-to-print transition in the region
  • Compare manuscript and printed textsto assess if print promoted a more 'global' Islam

 

Technical info

MprinT is funded by the Research Council of Norway and supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy - EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was partially conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at University of Hamburg.

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