Quran Manuscript Part 9: High-Resolution Digital Master from Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a 1.3 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01971, which is Part 9 of the Quran. The dataset is a ZIP file published on figshare under a CC0-1.0 license. It was last updated on May 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Training OCR models for historical Arabic calligraphy based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conducting paleographic analysis of Quranic manuscripts based on the detailed visual features.
• Studying the layout and ornamentation of religious texts for digital heritage projects.
• Creating educational resources for Arabic script and Quranic studies based on the digitized content.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures fine detail is preserved.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing institutional authority.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and image specifications require manual inspection after download.
• Row count and specific column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.01971.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

The temporal coverage of the original manuscript is not specified in the provided input.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 11:02:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

The spatial coverage of the original manuscript is not specified in the provided input.