Quran Manuscript Part 13 from Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A 2.7 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01764 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains a digitized manuscript of Part 13 of the Quran, last updated on 2026-05-19. It is provided by Qatar National Library under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution images of Arabic calligraphy.
• Analyze historical manuscript styles based on the digitized page layouts.
• Develop image segmentation models for separating text from manuscript backgrounds.
• Conduct paleographic studies based on the script features visible in the digital master.
• Benchmark image quality enhancement algorithms on cultural heritage scans.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, indicating institutional provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain dedication.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01764.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 11:48:43; freshness should be verified.