Quran Manuscript Part 6: High-Resolution Digital Master from Qatar National Library

A 3.1 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02065 from the QNL Heritage Collection. The dataset, published by Qatar National Library, provides access to a digitized part of the Quran. The file is available as a ZIP archive under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze calligraphic styles and manuscript illumination patterns from the high-resolution digital master.
• Conduct digital preservation research using the provided high-fidelity scan of a heritage artifact.
• Study the layout and structure of Quranic manuscripts from the described heritage collection.

Strengths

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

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 to the object's origin and links; data content specifics require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02065.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 08:31:51; freshness should be verified.