Quran Manuscript Part 20: High-Resolution Digital Master Copy

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2020.0004 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'القرآن الكريم. الجزء 20' (The Noble Quran, Part 20). The dataset was published by Qatar National Library and is available under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training OCR models for historical Arabic calligraphy based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Studying the paleography and scribal practices of Quranic manuscripts from the described period.
• Creating digital preservation archives of cultural heritage artifacts as referenced in the catalog record.
• Analyzing the layout and ornamentation of Quranic pages for art historical research.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing authoritative 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.
• The specific time range and geographic origin of the original manuscript are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.2020.0004.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 09:24:02; freshness should be verified.