Quran Manuscript Part 11: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A 771.9 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01793 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset, published by Qatar National Library, contains the eleventh part (Juz' 11) of the Quran. It was last updated on 2026-05-21 and is available under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training OCR models for historical Arabic calligraphy based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conducting paleographic analysis of Quranic scripts using the detailed digital facsimile.
• Studying the layout and ornamentation of Islamic manuscripts for art historical research.
• Creating digital archives or educational resources focused on Quranic textual heritage.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing authoritative provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The temporal and geographic context of the original manuscript is not specified in the provided metadata.
• The dataset's 771.9 MB size may require significant storage and bandwidth for download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01793.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript to create a high-resolution digital master copy.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 09:42:01; freshness should be verified.