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

A 3.1 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02061 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license and last updated on May 18, 2026. It contains the second part of the Quran.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models based on high-resolution images of Arabic calligraphy.
• Analyze historical manuscript styles and scribal practices based on the digital master copy.
• Support digital humanities research on the Quranic text and its transmission based on the manuscript artifact.
• Develop computer vision models for document analysis and preservation based on high-resolution scans.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy of a specific manuscript (HC.MS.02061).
• Published by an authoritative institution (Qatar National Library).
• Available under a permissive public domain license (CC0 1.0).

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 a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 08:46:11; freshness should be verified.