QNL Manuscript HC.MS.00681: 1738 Old Testament Commentary

A 10.2 GB high-resolution digital master copy of a historical manuscript from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript, titled 'Kitab Khabar al-'Ahd al-Qadim' (Book of the Old Testament News), was authored by Butrus Farraj in 1738. This digitized cultural artifact is hosted on figshare and released under a CC0-1.0 public domain dedication.

Use Cases

• Training optical character recognition (OCR) models on historical Arabic script based on the high-resolution images.
• Analyzing the layout and paleographic features of 18th-century manuscripts.
• Studying the content and context of Christian theological works in the Middle East during the Ottoman period.
• Developing image processing techniques for the restoration and enhancement of digitized cultural heritage materials.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Large file size of 10.2 GB indicates significant visual detail and scale.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection with a specific catalog record.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The dataset's structure and specific file contents within the ZIP archive are not described.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain quantitative tasks.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.00681.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

The original manuscript dates from 1738.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 08:34:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely related to the Middle East, given the author, language, and holding institution.