---
dataset_info:
  config_name: default
  features:
  - name: image
    dtype:
      image:
        decode: false
  - name: xml_content
    dtype: string
  - name: filename
    dtype: string
  - name: project_name
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_examples: 1145
    num_bytes: 14229588260
  download_size: 14229588260
  dataset_size: 14229588260
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train/**/*.parquet
tags:
  - image-to-text
  - htr
  - trocr
  - transcription
  - pagexml
license: mit
---

# Dataset Card for hanse-kurrent-xvi-rawxml

This dataset was created using pagexml-hf converter from Transkribus PageXML data.
The dataset contains transkriptions of the Minutes of the low German town assemblies (Niederdeutsche Städtetage) from the 16th Century from various archives. The Texts include middle low German and New High German Languages

Transcriptions were created according to the following guidelines: Forschungsstelle für die Geschichte der Hanse und des Ostseeraums (FGHO). (2026). Transkriptionsrichtlinien "Hanse.Quellen.Lesen!". Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20746642

## Dataset Summary

This dataset contains 1,145 samples across 1 split(s).

## Dataset Structure

### Data Splits

- **train**: 1,145 samples

### Dataset Size

- Approximate total size: 13,570.39 MB
- Total samples: 1,145

### Features

- **image**: `Image(mode=None, decode=False)`
- **xml_content**: `Value('string')`
- **filename**: `Value('string')`
- **project_name**: `Value('string')`

## Data Organization

Data is organized as parquet shards by split and project:
```
data/
├── <split>/
│   └── <project_name>/
│       └── <timestamp>-<shard>.parquet
```

The HuggingFace Hub automatically merges all parquet files when loading the dataset.

## Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

# Load entire dataset
dataset = load_dataset("fgho/hanse-kurrent-xvi-rawxml") 

# Load specific split
train_dataset = load_dataset("fgho/hanse-kurrent-xvi-rawxml", split="train")
```

### Projects Included

1505-02-10_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_Dienstag_nach_Scholastice_1505_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_040-4), 1507-05-13_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_Ascensio_Domini_1507_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_040-6), 1509-02-07_Rezess_Lübeck_Mittwoch_nach_Dorothee_virginis_1509_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_040-7a), 1518-06-19_Rezess_(HAStK-RBA_Best__82_A10_e), 1521-05-29_Rezess_(HAStK-RBA_Best__82_A10_H), 1523-02-14_Hanserezess,_Stralsund_Antonius_abb__Casgin_1523_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_070), 1526-11-18_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_1526_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_077), 1534-06-29_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_Peter_u__Paul_1534_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_082), 1534-09-21_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_Matthäus_1534_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_083), 1542-02-26_Rezess_Versammlung_der_wendischen_Städte_(AHL_-_Hanseatica_163), 1543-04-01_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_Quasi_modo_1543_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_091), 1553-05-30_Teilrezess_Allgemeine_Versammlung_der_Hansestädte_zu_Lübeck,_1553_Mai_(AHL_162a), 1554-10-01_Rezess_(HAStK_RBA_Best__82_A213), 1557-08-10_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_Bartholomäi_1557_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_105), 1562_Rezess_Hansetag_(StA_Hannover_-_1_AA_2_01__N_20), 1563-05-23_Rezess_Versammlung_wendische_Städte_(AHL_-_Hanseatica_171), 1575-09-16_Rezess_Versammlung_wendische_Städte_(AHL_Hanseatica_-_174), 1577-04-03_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_Montag_nach_Palmarum_1577_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_118), 1581-10-06_Rezess_Versammlung_wendische_Städte,_Quartiershauptstädte_und_Bremen_(AHL_-_Hanseatica_181), 1584-06-30_Rezess_Versammlung_wendische_Städte,_Quartiershauptstädte_und_Bremen_(AHL_-_Hanseatica_182), 1584-11-28_Rezess_Allgemeine_Versammlung_der_Hansestädte_(AHL_-_Hanseatica_183), 1588-09-09_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_Tag_nach_Mariä_Geburt_1588_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_127), 1595-04-28_Hanserezess,_Lübeck_Montag_nach_Quasimodo_geniti_1595_(SAHST_Rep__2,_I_131)