Quran Manuscript HC.MS.2017.0032 From Qatar National Library

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2017.0032 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 4.9 GB ZIP file published under a CC0-1.0 license by Qatar National Library. It was last updated on June 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Optical character recognition (OCR) training based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Art historical analysis of calligraphy and manuscript illumination based on the digital facsimile.
• Digital preservation and archival studies based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Textual analysis of the Quranic text based on the manuscript's specific rendering.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for broad reuse.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

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.2017.0032.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 11:18:21; freshness should be verified.