Eight Quranic Folios: High-Resolution Digital Manuscript from Qatar National Library

A 191.2 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.03140 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset, published by Qatar National Library, contains eight folios from the Quran. The full catalog and digitized manuscript are accessible via provided links.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate manuscript digitization and OCR models based on the high-resolution images.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Arabic script based on the manuscript folios.
• Study the layout and ornamentation of Quranic manuscripts for art historical research.
• Create educational or public engagement materials based on the digitized cultural heritage artifact.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed inspection.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.
• Directly sourced from the authoritative 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.03140.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-31 09:39:49; freshness should be verified.