Quran Manuscript Part 19: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02515 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 2.8 GB ZIP file containing Part 19 of the Quran. It was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train image segmentation models for manuscript text extraction based on the high-resolution scans.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns based on the visual content.
• Build digital preservation tools for historical documents based on the high-quality master copy.
• Conduct paleographic studies of Arabic script based on the manuscript images.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures detail preservation.
• Directly sourced from a known heritage collection (QNL HC.MS.02515).
• Published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.

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.02515.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 07:50:37; freshness should be verified.