Quran Manuscript Part 28 from Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

A 1.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01990, containing the 28th part of the Quran. It was authored by Qatar National Library and last updated on 2026-05-18. The dataset provides access to a digitized cultural heritage artifact.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on the high-resolution images of Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the digitized script style.
• Study the layout and ornamentation of historical Islamic texts based on the manuscript images.
• Create educational resources for Islamic art and history based on the digitized cultural heritage object.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures detail is preserved for analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, indicating institutional provenance.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The specific content (verses, annotations) within the 1.4 GB file is not detailed in the available metadata.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative tasks.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01990.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 10:28:55; freshness should be verified.