Quran Manuscript Part 26: High-Resolution Digital Master Copy

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01988 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 1.4 GB ZIP file containing images of the 26th part of the Quran. It was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze historical calligraphic styles based on the digitized manuscript pages.
• Conduct digital preservation research based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Study Quranic text segmentation and layout based on the part (juz') structure.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures detail for analysis.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.
• Published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for broad reuse.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.01988).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 10:31:48; freshness should be verified.