Quran Manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.04 from Qatar National Library

A 605.4 MB high-resolution digital master copy of a Quran manuscript from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset was published by Qatar National Library and last updated on 2026-06-02. It is provided under a CC0 1.0 license and is available as a ZIP file.

Use Cases

• Train image segmentation models based on high-resolution scans of manuscript pages.
• Develop OCR pipelines for historical Arabic calligraphy based on the manuscript's script.
• Conduct digital preservation analysis based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Study the art and layout of Quranic manuscripts based on the visual features of the digitized pages.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy of a specific manuscript (HC.MS.2018.0031.04).
• Provided by Qatar National Library, an authoritative heritage institution.
• 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 10:11:23; freshness should be verified.