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

A 1.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01976 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains Part 14 of the Quran and was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0-1.0 license. The record was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic calligraphy.
• Analyze manuscript illumination and artistic styles based on the high-resolution digital master copy.
• Conduct paleographic studies of Quranic manuscripts based on the digitized page images.
• Develop image segmentation models for separating text from decorative elements in heritage documents.

Strengths

• 1.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy suggests detailed image quality.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, indicating institutional provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; the specific image metadata and file structure must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML projects.
• The description metadata is limited to the manuscript's origin and links; detailed content notes are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01976.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 10:58:40; freshness should be verified.