QNL Manuscript HC.MS.02192: Supplications and Prayers

A 2.1 GB high-resolution digital copy of manuscript HC.MS.02192 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript, titled 'Al-Ad'iyah wa al-Awrad' (Supplications and Prayers), was digitized and published under a CC0 1.0 license. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-20.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models on high-resolution images of historical Arabic script.
• Analyze the structure and content of Islamic devotional literature based on the manuscript's text.
• Conduct paleographic studies on Arabic calligraphy styles present in the digitized pages.
• Develop digital preservation workflows for cultural heritage materials based on the high-resolution master copy.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library's Heritage Collection.
• File size of 2.1 GB suggests a detailed, high-quality scan.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The specific number of pages or images within the 2.1 GB archive is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02192.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 10:12:16; freshness should be verified.