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Scholarly signatures hold particular significance for manuscripts, whether this signature is the author’s own handwriting and transcription of their book, or an endorsement or commentary written by a later scholar in the margins of a manuscript copy of another’s work, whether by a predecessor or contemporary. In both cases, the signature serves as a testament to the authenticity of the manuscript, or at least to its greater accuracy than other copies of the book, including collated or corrected versions. A signed manuscript is presumed to be the original against which the collation and correction were based.
Thus, the signed manuscript becomes the arbiter when readings differ and manuscript copies of the book vary… Dr. Youssef Zeidan.
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