Quran Manuscript Part 20: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A 1.9 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02041 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains the 20th part (Juz') of the Quran, digitized and released under a CC0-1.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-05-17 10:21:18.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the digitized page images.
• Study the layout and ornamentation of Islamic manuscripts based on the digital master copy.
• Create digital archives or educational resources based on the cultural heritage artifact.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures fine detail is preserved for analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing authoritative provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

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.02041.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 10:21:18; freshness should be verified.