Quran Manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.05 from Qatar National Library

A 718.4 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.05 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license and was last updated on June 2, 2026. It is provided as a ZIP file containing the digitized manuscript pages.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the high-resolution digital copy.
• Develop image processing techniques for the restoration or enhancement of historical document scans.
• Create educational or cultural heritage applications featuring a digitized Quran manuscript.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, suggesting detailed visual fidelity.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.
• Sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, a known institution.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.05.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 09:35:54; freshness should be verified.