Quranic Manuscript Fragment in Kufic Script from Qatar National Library

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2017.0010 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The 134.4 MB file is a digitized fragment of a Quran written in Kufic script, published under a CC0 1.0 license. The dataset was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models for historical Kufic script based on the high-resolution image.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of early Quranic manuscripts based on the script style.
• Study digital preservation techniques for cultural heritage materials based on the master copy.
• Analyze the visual structure and ornamentation of Quranic manuscript fragments.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library's authoritative Heritage Collection.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.

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.
• The dataset's specific temporal and geographic origins are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.2017.0010).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript fragment.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 08:05:22; freshness should be verified.