Quran Manuscript Part 13: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01975 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 1.4 GB ZIP file containing part 13 of the Quran. It was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate manuscript digitization and OCR models based on high-resolution images of Arabic calligraphy.
• Analyze historical calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns based on the high-resolution digital master.
• Study the textual and paratextual features of Quranic manuscripts from the QNL Heritage Collection.
• Create digital exhibits or educational resources based on the digitized cultural heritage artifact.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures detail is preserved for analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing authoritative provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license for unrestricted use.

Limitations

• The specific content (e.g., number of pages, column-level metadata) is not described in the available metadata.
• Row count and internal file structure are unknown, requiring inspection after download.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01975.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 10:59:58