Article Series
A summary of the fourth of Shaykh Salih al-Azhari's courses in manuscript studies, on the audition certificates (sama'at) recorded on manuscripts: how they are built, what they offer, and how to analyse them. The course defines the audition and its types and the conditions of the transmitting teacher, explains the parts of an audition record, from the chain of transmission to the names of those present and their roles, and then sets out what these records contribute to the edited text and to other fields.
Series parts
Shaykh Salih al-Azhari introduces the audition certificates recorded on manuscripts, the modes of receiving knowledge they document, their components, the roles of those present at audition sessions, and their value for textual and biographical research.
In the second lecture of Course 4, Shaykh Salih al-Azhari explains the types of audition, the conditions of the transmitting authority, the components of an audition list, and how chains of transmission and attendees' names are documented on Arabic manuscripts.
Shaykh Salih al-Azhari reviews the components of audition certificates, the benefits they yield for the edited text and for other disciplines, and how to distinguish original certificates from those copied over from another manuscript.