QNL HC.MS.03145: Four Quranic Folios as High-Resolution Digital Master

A 93.0 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.03145 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains four folios from the Quran, digitized and shared under a CC0 1.0 license. It was last updated on June 2, 2026, by Qatar National Library.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate manuscript text recognition models based on the high-resolution Arabic script imagery.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic script styles based on the digitized folios.
• Study digital preservation techniques for cultural heritage materials based on the provided master copy.
• Perform visual analysis of manuscript illumination and layout based on the high-resolution images.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual inspection.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, a known institution.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and specific column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.03145.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 06:10:50; freshness should be verified.