Quran Manuscript Part 16: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a 3.0 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01730, which is Part 16 of the Quran. The dataset was last updated on May 20, 2026, and is shared under a CC0 1.0 license. It is part of the QNL Heritage Collection and links to the full catalog and digital repository are included.

Use Cases

• Train OCR models for historical Arabic calligraphy based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze scribal styles and manuscript illumination patterns present in the digitized pages.
• Conduct philological or textual studies of the Quranic text from this specific manuscript part.
• Develop digital preservation and archival techniques for cultural heritage materials.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• 3.0 GB file size suggests detailed imagery.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.
• 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.01730.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 09:57:12; freshness should be verified.