Eight Quranic Folios: High-Resolution Digital Manuscript from Qatar National Library

A 165.9 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.03136 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset, authored by Qatar National Library and last updated on 2026-05-31, consists of eight folios from the Quran. It is provided as a ZIP file under a CC0 1.0 public domain license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models for historical Arabic calligraphy based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic scripts based on the digitized folio details.
• Study the material and visual culture of Islamic manuscripts based on the high-resolution digital master copy.
• Develop digital preservation and archival techniques for cultural heritage materials based on the provided master copy.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing authoritative provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license, allowing unrestricted use.

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.03136.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-31 09:30:44; freshness should be verified.