Quran Manuscript Part 22: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2020.0007, part 22 of the Quran, from its Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 3.2 GB ZIP file, last updated on May 17, 2026, and is released under a CC0 1.0 license. It links to the full catalog record and the digitized manuscript in the QNL Digital Repository.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the digitized page images.
• Study the material and visual culture of Islamic manuscripts based on the digital facsimile.
• Create educational or public engagement resources based on the digitized cultural heritage object.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, as explicitly stated in the description.
• Direct provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.
• File size of 3.2 GB suggests a detailed, high-fidelity scan.

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 date of the original manuscript is not provided in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.2020.0007.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript to create a high-resolution digital master copy.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 09:21:07; freshness should be verified.