Quran Manuscript Part 14: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A 2.3 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01717 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains part 14 of the Quran and was last updated on May 20, 2026. It is provided under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the detailed visual features.
• Study the digitization and preservation of cultural heritage materials based on the master copy methodology.
• Analyze the layout and ornamentation of Islamic manuscripts based on the high-resolution images.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Provided by Qatar National Library, an authoritative source for heritage materials.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01717.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 10:44:33; freshness should be verified.