Quran Manuscript Part 17 From The Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A 2.7 GB high-resolution digital copy of manuscript HC.MS.01731 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains Part 17 of the Quran and was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license. The record was last updated on May 20, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic calligraphy.
• Analyze scribal styles and manuscript illumination patterns based on the high-resolution digital master.
• Study the textual variants or orthography of Quranic manuscripts based on the digitized page images.
• Create digital exhibitions or educational resources based on the cultural heritage artifact.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality and structure require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01731.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 09:31:36; freshness should be verified.