Quran Manuscript Part 16 Digitized from Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A 1.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01978 from the QNL Heritage Collection. The dataset, published by Qatar National Library under a CC0-1.0 license, provides direct access to a specific part (Juz' 16) of the Quran. The digitized manuscript is available for viewing in the QNL Digital Repository.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models based on high-resolution images of classical Arabic script.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns based on the digital master copy.
• Conduct textual analysis of Quranic verses from Part 16 using the digitized content.
• Benchmark image processing algorithms for handling large, high-resolution cultural heritage scans.

Strengths

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

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.01978.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 10:54:13; freshness should be verified.