Quran Manuscript Part 1: High-Resolution Digital Master from Qatar National Library

A 3.1 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01993 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset, titled 'القرآن الكريم. الجزء 1' (The Holy Quran. Part 1), was published by Qatar National Library and last updated on 2026-05 -19. It is available under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns based on the digitized heritage artifact.
• Conduct digital preservation and restoration studies based on the high-fidelity master copy.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, indicated by the 3.1 GB file size.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.01993).
• Published 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.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

Collection Method

Digitization of physical manuscript HC.MS.01993.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 09:09:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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