Quran Manuscript Part 2: High-Resolution Digital Master from Qatar National Library

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01763 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 2.9 GB ZIP file containing a digitized manuscript of the Quran, Part 2. It was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Train OCR models for historical Arabic calligraphy based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze scribal styles and manuscript illumination patterns from the digitized pages.
• Create digital archives or educational resources for Quranic studies using the master copy.
• Perform digital preservation analysis on the quality and format of the heritage scan.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy provides detail suitable for close study.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, indicating institutional provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

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.01763.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 11:42:38; freshness should be verified.