| --- |
| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| language: |
| - mnc |
| tags: |
| - ocr |
| - htr |
| - manchu |
| - cursive |
| pretty_name: Cursive Manchu (v2) |
| configs: |
| - config_name: default |
| data_files: |
| - split: test |
| path: data/test-*.parquet |
| --- |
| |
| # Cursive Manchu — v2 |
|
|
| Word-level crops from the Manchu manuscript *Talking Dead* (preface + |
| chapter 01), paired with Möllendorff romanization and Manchu Unicode |
| (Mongolian block). |
|
|
| ## Splits |
|
|
| - `test` — 1,940 word images from the preface (14 pages) and chapter 01 |
| (12 pages). |
|
|
| ## Columns |
|
|
| - `image` — PNG crop of a single Manchu word in cursive script, rotated 90° |
| counter-clockwise and padded to 480×64 white background. |
| - `roman` — Möllendorff romanization. |
| - `manchu` — Manchu Unicode (renders correctly with Noto Sans Mongolian or |
| any Manchu/Mongolian-capable font). |
|
|
| ## Usage |
|
|
| ```python |
| from datasets import load_dataset |
| ds = load_dataset("mic7ch/cursive_v2", split="test") |
| ``` |
|
|
| ## Notes |
|
|
| - Manchu codepoints use the Mongolian block (U+1820–U+1876). Some are |
| formally named "MONGOLIAN LETTER SIBE …" in Unicode — Sibe and Manchu |
| share the script. |
| - Romanizations were checked against Jerry Norman's *A Comprehensive |
| Manchu–English Dictionary* (2013). A residual review set of ~80 romans |
| (proper nouns, loans, inflected forms, possible transcription typos) |
| was inspected manually; see repository history. |
| - Companion to `mic7ch/cursive_v1` (327 word crops from a 1680 Manchu |
| military document). |
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