Two Manuscripts from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A 3.2 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2018.0018 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset was authored by Qatar National Library and last updated on 2026-06-04. It provides access to the digitized manuscript 'دوائر العلوم و جداول الرقوم' (Circles of Science and Tables of Numbers).

Use Cases

• Digitally preserve and archive historical manuscripts based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Arabic script based on the manuscript images.
• Study historical scientific and mathematical diagrams referenced in the manuscript's title.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed inspection.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, indicating institutional provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

Collection Method

Digitization of physical manuscript HC.MS.2018.0018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 09:30:12; freshness should be verified.