Book of Prayers and Invocations: High-Resolution Digital Manuscript from QNL

A 1.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02199 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript, titled 'Book of Prayers and Invocations' in English, is available under a CC0 1.0 license and was last updated on figshare in May 2026. The primary file format is a ZIP archive.

Use Cases

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) training for historical Arabic script based on the high-resolution images.
• Analysis of the structure and content of Islamic devotional literature based on the manuscript's described subject.
• Digital preservation studies using the high-resolution master copy as a benchmark for quality.
• Linguistic analysis of classical Arabic prayers and invocations based on the textual content.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing authoritative provenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The specific number of pages or images within the 1.4 GB archive is unknown.
• The description metadata is limited to the manuscript's origin and access links.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02199.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript to create a high-resolution master copy.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 10:18:29.