Quran Manuscript Part 18: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A 1.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01980 from the QNL Heritage Collection. The dataset, published by Qatar National Library and last updated in May 2026, contains a digitized version of the eighteenth part (Juz' 18) of the Quran. It is provided under a CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models based on high-resolution images of classical Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the visual features of the digitized pages.
• Study the digitization and preservation of cultural heritage artifacts based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Develop image processing techniques for restoring or enhancing historical document scans based on the provided image quality.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.01980).
• Published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain 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.

Collection Method

Digitization of physical manuscript HC.MS.01980.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 10:48:51; freshness should be verified.