Quran Manuscript Part 23 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01985 from the QNL Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 1.4 GB ZIP file published by Qatar National Library under a CC0-1.0 license. The record was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models for historical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns from the digitized heritage artifact.
• Conduct textual analysis of the Quranic text in Part 23 using the digital master copy.
• Develop image processing techniques for the restoration and enhancement of aged manuscript scans.

Strengths

• 1.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy suggests detailed image data.
• Published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for broad reuse.
• Sourced from the authoritative Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01985.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 10:41:06; freshness should be verified.