Quran Manuscript Part 17: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01903 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 2.1 GB ZIP file containing a single part (Part 17) of the Quran. It was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the digitized script style.
• Study the material features and layout of heritage manuscripts from the described collection.
• Create digital preservation benchmarks using the provided high-resolution master copy.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing institutional 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.
• The dataset's scope is limited to a single part (Part 17) of the complete text.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01903.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 09:31:25; freshness should be verified.