Quran Manuscript Part 1: High-Resolution Digital Master Copy

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02604 from its Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 2.7 GB ZIP file containing the first part of the Quran. It was last updated on June 4, 2026, and is shared under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train manuscript digitization models based on high-resolution images
• Analyze historical calligraphy and script styles based on the digital master copy
• Build digital archives or educational resources based on the QNL Heritage Collection
• Conduct textual analysis of the Quranic text based on the manuscript images

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis
• 2.7 GB file size indicates substantial image detail
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license

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.02604

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 10:50:08; freshness should be verified