Quran Manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.07 from Qatar National Library

A 663.7 MB high-resolution digital master copy of a Quran manuscript from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license and was last updated on June 2, 2026. The original manuscript is cataloged as HC.MS.2018.0031.07.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns based on the visual features of the digitized pages.
• Benchmark image super-resolution or restoration algorithms using the high-resolution master copy as a ground truth reference.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, which likely provides fine detail for analysis.
• Published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, a known institution.

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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.07.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 10:08:29; freshness should be verified.