Quran Manuscript Part 30: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02089 from its Heritage Collection. The 2.3 GB file contains Part 30 (Juz' 30) of the Quran. The original manuscript is accessible via the QNL Digital Repository.

Use Cases

• Train manuscript digitization and restoration models based on high-resolution page images.
• Analyze historical Arabic calligraphy and script styles based on the manuscript's visual features.
• Develop or test OCR pipelines for classical Arabic text recognition based on scanned manuscript pages.
• Conduct paleographic or codicological research based on the physical manuscript's digital representation.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Clear provenance 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 and content structure require manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the image files.
• The dataset's specific time period or historical context is not detailed in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02089.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 07:19:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Qatar (source institution).