Quran Manuscript Part 18: High-Resolution Digital Master Copy

A 2.8 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02121 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains Part 18 of the Quran and was last updated on 2026-05-17. It is provided by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the detailed visual features.
• Support digital preservation and archival efforts for cultural heritage collections.
• Enable comparative textual studies of Quranic manuscripts based on the digitized part.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Provided by a national library (Qatar National Library) as a primary source.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication license.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02121.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 11:22:06; freshness should be verified.