Quran Manuscript Part 21 from Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02111 from its Heritage Collection. The 2.3 GB ZIP file contains a digitized version of Part 21 of the Quran. It was last updated on 2026-05-18 and is released under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Optical character recognition (OCR) training based on high-resolution images of Arabic script.
• Digital preservation analysis based on the high-resolution digital master copy.
• Calligraphy and manuscript art study based on the visual features of the digitized pages.
• Textual analysis of Quranic verses based on the manuscript's content.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing institutional provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for maximum reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02111.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 06:19:22; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Qatar (implied by Qatar National Library).