Quran Manuscript HC.MS.02640 from Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A 6.8 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02640 from the QNL Heritage Collection. Qatar National Library authored this dataset, which was last updated on 2026-05-17. The dataset provides a direct link to the digitized manuscript in the QNL Digital Repository.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conduct paleographic analysis based on the script style of the Quranic text.
• Perform digital preservation research based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Study the layout and ornamentation of heritage Quran manuscripts.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.
• File size of 6.8 GB indicates significant detail in the images.

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.02640.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 08:28:09; freshness should be verified.