Quran Manuscript Part 23: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A 3.5 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01612 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset, released under a CC0 1.0 license, contains the twenty-third part of the Quran. It was last updated on May 20, 2026, by Qatar National Library.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the digitized script style.
• Support digital preservation and archival studies based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Enable linguistic or textual analysis of a specific Quranic part (Juz' 23) based on the digitized text.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing institutional provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.
• File size of 3.5 GB suggests a detailed, high-fidelity digitization.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column structure are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for structured analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description metadata is limited to the manuscript's origin and links; data quality requires manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01612.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript to create a high-resolution digital master copy.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 08:19:05; freshness should be verified.