A digital collection of African Arabic manuscripts from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University with images, translations, and brief essays.
# Maktaba
The Maktaba website utilizes Canopy IIIF, an open-source static site generator built on Next.js, which is designed for fast creation, contextualization, and customization of a discovery-focused digital scholarship and collections website using IIIF APIs.
- Maktaba Documentation (Wiki)
- Canopy Documentation
## Setup
### Install Dependencies
```shell
# installation
npm i
```
### Running in Development
```shell
# development
npm run dev
```
### Building in Production
```shell
# build
npm run build
```
## Tests
To run Jest unit tests:
```shell
npm run test
```
## Configuration
The build process will read from a custom configuration file at `config/canopy.json` if it exists. See the Create a Canopy Project guide for detailed step-by-step instructions.
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.