Quran Manuscript Part 24: High-Resolution Digital Master Copy

A 2.8 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02117 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license and last updated on 2026-05-18. It provides access to a digitized version of the 24th part of the Quran.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate manuscript digitization and OCR models based on high-resolution scans.
• Conduct paleographic or codicological analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the high-resolution images.
• Develop digital heritage preservation tools using a professionally digitized cultural artifact.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns present in the images.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy of a specific manuscript (HC.MS.02117).
• 2.8 GB file size suggests detailed, high-quality imagery.
• Published by Qatar National Library, an authoritative cultural institution.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain 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 specific temporal and geographic origin of the physical manuscript is not detailed in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02117.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 05:08:27; freshness should be verified.