Quran Manuscript Part 24: High-Resolution Digital Master Copy

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01742 from its Heritage Collection. The 1.8 GB dataset contains part 24 of the Quran and was last updated on May 17, 2026. It is shared under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conduct digital paleography or codicology studies on Quranic manuscripts.
• Create educational or cultural heritage visualization tools using authentic manuscript scans.
• Perform image analysis for manuscript condition assessment and digital restoration.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy provides detailed visual data.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, ensuring institutional provenance.
• Shared 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01742.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 10:54:28; freshness should be verified.