Quran Manuscript Part 23: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A 1.5 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01088 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains Part 23 of the Quran and was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0-1.0 license. The record was last updated on 2026-05-21.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns from the detailed digital master copy.
• Conduct digital preservation research by studying the high-fidelity scan of a heritage collection item.
• Perform textual analysis of Quranic verses in Part 23 using the digitized text.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, identified as manuscript HC.MS.01088.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain dedication license.

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 dataset's 1.5 GB size may require significant storage and processing resources.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Collection Method

Digitization of physical manuscript HC.MS.01088.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 08:19:59; freshness should be verified.