Quran Manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.03 from Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of a Quran manuscript from its Heritage Collection. The dataset is a 597.2 MB ZIP file published under a CC0 1.0 license. It was last updated on June 2, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate manuscript digitization models based on the high-resolution images.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of Arabic script based on the manuscript's visual features.
• Study the layout and ornamentation of Quranic manuscripts based on the digital copy.
• Create educational or cultural heritage resources based on the digitized manuscript.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, as stated in the description.
• Published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.
• File size of 597.2 MB suggests a detailed visual resource.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.2018.0031.03.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript, likely via photographic capture.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 09:25:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Qatar (inferred from the institution).