Tafsir Al-Baydawi: High-Resolution Digital Manuscript Copy

A 46.5 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02642 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'Tafsir Al-Baydawi' and authored by Abdullah bin Umar Al-Baydawi. It was published on figshare by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Conducting textual analysis of classical Quranic commentary based on the manuscript's content.
• Training Optical Character Recognition (OCR) models for historical Arabic script based on high-resolution scans.
• Studying the material culture and scribal practices of Islamic manuscripts from the QNL collection.
• Performing digital preservation and archival research on fragile historical texts.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed examination.
• Large file size (46.5 GB) indicates significant detail and potential for high-fidelity analysis.
• Published by a reputable institution (Qatar National Library) and available under a permissive CC0 1.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; the internal structure and specific fields of the digitized files are unknown.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative tasks.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02642.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 07:52:10.