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

A 2.6 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02095 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset, last updated in May 2026, contains a digitized version of Part 17 of the Quran. It is provided by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 public domain license.

Use Cases

• Train OCR models for historical Arabic calligraphy based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze scribal styles and manuscript illumination patterns based on the visual features of the digitized pages.
• Conduct digital preservation research on cultural heritage materials based on the high-resolution digital master copy.
• Study the textual variants or orthography of Quranic manuscripts based on the digitized text.

Strengths

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

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.02095.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 07:08:21; freshness should be verified.