Kufic Folios: High-Resolution Digital Manuscript from Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a 285.2 MB high-resolution digital copy of manuscript HC.MS.03153 from its Heritage Collection. The dataset contains Kufic script folios and is available under a CC0 1.0 license. It was last updated on June 1, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models for Kufic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conduct stylistic analysis of early Arabic calligraphy based on the digitized folio content.
• Create educational or archival resources for cultural heritage based on the digitized manuscript.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Row count and specific column-level metadata are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The description provides links to external records but lacks direct details on image count or annotations.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript from the library's Heritage Collection.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 05:51:25.

Geography

Qatar (implied from source institution)