Quran Manuscript HC.MS.00552: High-Resolution Digital Master Copy

A 12.6 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00552 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset provides access to a digitized cultural artifact under a CC0-1.0 license, last updated in June 2026. It originates from the Qatar National Library's efforts to preserve and share its heritage collection.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution images of Arabic calligraphy.
• Analyze manuscript illumination and artistic styles based on the high-resolution digital master.
• Conduct paleographic studies on Quranic scripts based on the detailed manuscript images.
• Create educational or exhibition materials based on the digitized cultural artifact.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy of 12.6 GB, 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.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The specific number of images or pages within the archive is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

Collection Method

Digitization of physical manuscript HC.MS.00552.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 11:16:39; freshness should be verified.