Quran Manuscript HC.MS.01722 from Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01722 from its Heritage Collection. The dataset is a single 11.2 GB ZIP file containing the digitized manuscript. It was last updated on 2026-05-20 and is released under a CC0 1.0 public domain license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution images of classical Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis based on the manuscript's script style and layout.
• Study the material history of Quranic manuscripts based on the digital artifact's visual features.
• Create educational resources for Islamic art and history based on the digitized cultural heritage object.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• 11.2 GB file size suggests a substantial amount of image data.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Collection Method

Digitization of physical manuscript HC.MS.01722.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 07:50:55.

Geography

Qatar (implied by the source institution).