Quran Manuscript Part 5: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A 2.8 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01721 from the QNL Heritage Collection. The dataset, authored by Qatar National Library and released under a CC0-1.0 license, contains the fifth part (Juz') of the Quran. It was last updated on 2026-05-20 and is provided as a ZIP file.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models for classical Arabic calligraphy based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic scripts using the detailed digital scans.
• Study the layout and ornamentation of Islamic manuscripts from the described heritage collection.
• Create digital archives or educational resources focused on Quranic textual history.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, as explicitly stated in the description.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, a known institution.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01721.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 09:17:00; freshness should be verified.