Arabic Astronomical Manuscript on the Five Wandering Planets from QNL Heritage Collection

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2017.0085 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'A Brief on Knowing the Calendar of the Five Wandering Planets' and was authored by Al-Hanafi, Abd al-Mun'im al-Nabtiti. The dataset is a 2.4 GB ZIP file published under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models based on high-resolution scans of historical Arabic script.
• Analyze historical astronomical concepts and terminology based on the manuscript's textual content.
• Study the material culture and scribal practices of historical manuscripts based on the digital facsimile.
• Develop digital preservation and archival techniques for cultural heritage materials based on the high-resolution master copy.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The specific number of pages or images within the 2.4 GB ZIP file is unknown.
• The description metadata is limited to provenance and access links; detailed content analysis is not provided.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.2017.0085.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 07 10:07:37.

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