Quran Manuscript Part 18 from Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01607 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 3.5 GB ZIP file containing the eighteenth part of the Quran. It was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license and last updated on May 20, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train manuscript digitization models based on high-resolution page images.
• Analyze historical Arabic calligraphy styles based on the manuscript's script.
• Develop OCR tools for classical Arabic text based on the digitized pages.
• Study the layout and ornamentation of Quranic manuscripts based on the provided images.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.01607).

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 physical manuscript HC.MS.01607.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 09:03:38; freshness should be verified.