Quranic Manuscript Fragment from Surah Al-A'raf, QNL Heritage Collection

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2017.0020 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The file is 424.3 MB in size and was published under a CC0 1.0 license. The dataset was last updated on June 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Optical character recognition (OCR) training for historical Arabic script based on the high-resolution images.
• Digital preservation analysis of manuscript features such as ink, paper, and calligraphy.
• Comparative paleographic studies of Quranic manuscripts from the described heritage collection.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy of the manuscript.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.
• Published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

Collection Method

Digitization of physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 11:06:10; freshness should be verified.