Quranic Fragment in Kufic Script: High-Resolution Digital Manuscript from QNL

A 70.6 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.03101 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset provides access to a Quranic fragment written in Kufic script, with links to the full catalog record and digital repository. It was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for Kufic script based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and manuscript degradation patterns based on the digital master copy.
• Develop image segmentation models to isolate text from manuscript backgrounds.
• Support digital preservation and scholarly annotation projects for cultural heritage materials.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures detail is preserved for analysis.
• Direct provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection provides authoritative source.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Dataset scale is limited to a single manuscript fragment (70.6 MB).
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.03101.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 10:49:19; freshness should be verified.