Quran Manuscript Part 12: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02090 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 2.6 GB ZIP file containing part 12 of the Quran. It was authored by Qatar National Library and is available under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models for classical Arabic calligraphy based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze scribal styles and manuscript illumination patterns from the high-resolution scans.
• Support digital preservation and scholarly access to historical Islamic texts.
• Conduct comparative paleographic studies using a digitized primary source.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, as stated in the description.
• Explicitly sourced from a known heritage collection (QNL HC.MS.02090).
• Released under a permissive public domain license (CC0 1.0).

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.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 07:50:15; freshness should be verified.