Quran Manuscript Part 3: High-Resolution Digital Master from Qatar National Library

A 3.1 GB ZIP file contains a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01995 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset, titled 'القرآن الكريم. الجزء 3' (The Holy Quran. Part 3), was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0-1.0 license and last updated on 2026-05-19.

Use Cases

• Training optical character recognition (OCR) models for historical Arabic script based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyzing calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns from the digitized pages.
• Conducting digital preservation research using the high-resolution master copy as a benchmark.
• Studying the textual structure and verse arrangement of a specific Quranic part (Juz' 3).

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures fine detail is preserved for analysis.
• Explicit provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.01995).
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain ML tasks.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality and structure require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01995.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

The manuscript's creation date is not specified in the provided input.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 09:06:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely associated with Qatar or the broader Islamic world, but specific origin is not stated.