Quranic Manuscript Fragment HC.MS.03151 from Qatar National Library

A 174.2 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.03151 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a single ZIP file containing a digitized Quranic manuscript fragment, made available under a CC0-1.0 license by Qatar National Library. The record was last updated on June 1, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for historical Arabic script based on the high-resolution manuscript image.
• Conduct digital paleography studies on Quranic manuscript styles using the high-resolution scan.
• Perform image-based artifact analysis for cultural heritage preservation based on the digital master copy.
• Generate synthetic training data for document layout analysis models using the manuscript's structure.

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 dedication.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.03151.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 11:48:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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