Initial upload: test split (1940 word crops + metadata)

README.md

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+---
+license: cc-by-4.0
+language:
+- mnc
+tags:
+- ocr
+- htr
+- manchu
+- cursive
+pretty_name: Cursive Manchu (v2)
+---
+
+# 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).
+
+## 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).