Dataset for BnF, fr. 24432 - Dits, fabliaux et pièces diverses

This repository contains the ground truth for the codex Paris, BnF, fr. 24432, used in the experiments for the oral paper “”, presented at the Emerging Digital Methodologies Conference, Oxford Conference (EDMC, November 2025, Jesus College, Oxford). 📁 `btv1b52516597g_GT.zip` This folder contains the ground truth dataset used for Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), created from the selected folia of the manuscript Paris, BnF, français. 24432The identifier `btv1b52516597g` refers to the ark ID of this manuscript in Gallica. Folder structure: btv1b84472995_GT ├── images └── annotations - `images/`: High-resolution selected images downloaded from Gallica. Image names follow the pattern `btv1b52516597g_f<number>`, corresponding to the Gallica view number. ➤ Credit: *Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France* `annotations/`: XML-ALTO annotation files created with eScriptorium. Layout: Annotations follow the Segmonto ontology. Transcription: We align transcriptions (unpublished) for 89 pages provided by Sebastian Dows-Miller as part of his doctoral thesis "The encoded codex: a digital, statistical, and codicological examination of Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français, 24432", which differentiates allographs for long/round "s", u/v, i/j as well round/straight "r". Annotations were cleaned and corrected by MVE. 📁 `dataset.zip` This folder contains the dataset used in the experiments, in the format of text lines and associated annotations and metadata. Folder structure: dataset ├── images └── annotation.json - `images/`: Each subfolder contains polygonal line extractions (with alpha transparency) per manuscript page.- `annotation.json`: Contains the annotation and metadata (from SDM's thesis) for each line. `annotation.json` structure example: ```json"<image_id>": { // corresponds to the image names in the images folders "split": "train", "label": "A beautiful calico cat.",// Transcription text of the line "script": "A", // Identifier for the scribal hand (A-K) "folio": "1r", "stint": "1", // Identifier for the stint (1-20) } Finally, we share a CSV file with structured metadata: `btv1b52516597g_metadata.xsls`