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

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.03119 from its Heritage Collection. The 56.0 MB ZIP file contains a Quranic fragment written in Kufic script. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-19 and is released under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training optical character recognition (OCR) models for Kufic script based on the high-resolution manuscript image.
• Conducting paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the Kufic script sample.
• Developing image processing techniques for cultural heritage preservation based on the high-resolution digital master copy.
• Studying the visual and material features of early Quranic fragments based on the digitized manuscript.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy provides detail for analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, a known institution.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column-level metadata are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.03119).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 11:06:46; freshness should be verified.