Quran Manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.06 from Qatar National Library

A 672.9 MB high-resolution digital master copy of a specific Quran manuscript from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license and last updated in June 2026. It provides direct links to the full catalog record and the digitized manuscript in the QNL Digital Repository.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate manuscript digitization and OCR models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic text.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Quranic script based on the detailed visual features of the manuscript.
• Study the material culture and artistic elements of Quran manuscripts from a specific heritage collection.
• Create educational or archival resources for digital libraries based on a professionally digitized cultural artifact.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, which suggests detailed visual fidelity.
• Explicitly linked to a specific catalog record (b2696884) and repository object (QNL:00028797) for provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.
• Sourced from the Qatar National Library, an authoritative cultural institution.

Limitations

• The dataset description provides no column-level or row-level metadata about the internal structure of the ZIP file.
• The specific time period, scribe, or material details of the manuscript are not described in the provided metadata.
• The 672.9 MB file size indicates a medium-to-large download, but the exact number of images or pages is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.06.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 09:40:56