samāʿāt can be more valuable than ownership notes (IMAGE)

University of Sharjah

samāʿāt can be more valuable than ownership notes

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The final page of Süleymaniye Library manuscript MS 254, Türkiye. For modern codicologists and historians, samāʿāt can be even more valuable than ownership notes, as they document who studied a text, when and under whom it was studied, whether the reading was completed in full, and whether authorization for its transmission was granted.

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Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32350/jitc.162.02.

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