Quranic Manuscript Fragment HC.MS.03185 from Qatar National Library

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.03185 from the QNL Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 622.0 MB ZIP file published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license. The record was last updated on May 31, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train image classification models to identify Quranic manuscript styles based on high-resolution scans.
• Develop computer vision models for automatic script recognition and analysis based on the manuscript fragment.
• Use as a reference image dataset for cultural heritage digitization and preservation projects.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Published by Qatar National Library, an authoritative institution.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.

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.03185.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-31 08:34:06; freshness should be verified.