Quran Manuscript Part 16 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A 2.3 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01718 from the QNL Heritage Collection. Qatar National Library provides this digitized manuscript under a CC0-1.0 license. The full catalog record and digital repository links are included in the description.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution images of Arabic calligraphy.
• Analyze historical manuscript features like ink, paper, and script styles based on the digital master copy.
• Conduct digital preservation research using a high-fidelity scan of a cultural heritage artifact.
• Study the textual and visual layout of Quranic manuscripts from a specific collection.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, a recognized institution.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for broad reuse.
• File size of 2.3 GB suggests a detailed, high-quality image scan.

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.
• The dataset contains only Part 16, not the complete Quranic text.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01718.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 10:41:18; freshness should be verified.