Sharh Qatr al-Nada: A High-Resolution Digital Manuscript Copy

A 4.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02207 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'Sharh Qatr al-Nada' and authored by Ibn Hisham, Abdullah bin Yusuf (1309-1360). It was last updated on the figshare platform in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) training for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Digital preservation and archival analysis of historical documents.
• Linguistic and philological study of Ibn Hisham's commentary on the grammar text 'Qatr al-Nada'.
• Training image segmentation models to separate text from manuscript page backgrounds.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The specific number of pages or images within the 4.4 GB ZIP file is unknown.
• Data may reflect the specific preservation state and source of the single physical manuscript.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02207.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript authored between 1309 and 1360 CE.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 09:59:03.

Geography

Likely related to the Arab/Islamic scholarly tradition; specific geographic origin of the physical copy is null.