Quran Manuscript Part 15 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02074 from its Heritage Collection. The 2.7 GB file contains Part 15 of the Quran. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Digitally reconstruct and analyze manuscript folios based on the high-resolution scans.
• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for historical Arabic script based on the manuscript images.
• Conduct paleographic studies on calligraphic styles and scribal hands present in the manuscript.
• Perform digital preservation assessments by comparing the master copy to other digitized versions.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed inspection.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.02074).
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain dedication 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

Collection Method

Digitization of physical manuscript HC.MS.02074.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 08:09:01; freshness should be verified.