Quran Manuscript Part 7: High-Resolution Digital Copy from Qatar National Library

A 3.6 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01596 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset is a digitized version of the seventh part of the Quran, published under a CC0-1.0 license by Qatar National Library and last updated on May 20, 2026. It is provided as a ZIP file for download from the figshare platform.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate manuscript digitization and OCR models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic calligraphy.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the high-resolution digital master copy.
• Study the layout and ornamentation of historical religious texts based on the digitized manuscript pages.
• Create educational or cultural heritage resources based on the digitized content of the Quran.

Strengths

• The dataset is a high-resolution digital master copy, suggesting detailed visual fidelity.
• The data is sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, indicating institutional provenance.
• The dataset is published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01596.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 09:15:43; freshness should be verified.