Quran Manuscript Part 28: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a 2.7 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02106, part 28 of the Quran. The file is available in ZIP format under a CC0-1.0 license. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Train manuscript digitization models based on the high-resolution image scans.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and scribal hands present in the manuscript.
• Conduct textual analysis of the Quranic text from the digitized pages.
• Develop image segmentation tools for separating text from manuscript decoration.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Source is a specific manuscript (HC.MS.02106) from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.
• 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02106.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 06:16:07; freshness should be verified.