Chester Beatty Library

Chester Beatty Library

Chester Beatty Library
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Chester Beatty Library

Chester Beatty Library

The Chester Beatty Library, European Museum of the Year 2002 is both an art museum and library, housing an outstanding collection of Islamic manuscripts, Chinese, Japanese, Indian and other Oriental art. Early papyri, including some of the earliest texts of the Bible and other early Christian manuscripts, western prints and printed books complete what is one of the richest collections of its kind in the world.

Website : http://www.cbl.ie

Address:

Chester Beatty Library,

Dublin Castle,

Dublin 2

Curator: Fionnuala Croke

Phone: + 353 1 4070750

email : info@cbl.ie

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Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

The Chester Beatty Library, European Museum of the Year 2002 is both an art museum and library, housing an outstanding collection of manuscripts.

(c) Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 - (c) Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

The Sacred Traditions Gallery

The Sacred Traditions Gallery on the second floor exhibits the sacred texts, illuminated manuscripts and miniature paintings from the great religions and systems of belief represented in the collections - Christianity, Islam and Buddhism with smaller displays on Confucianism, Daoism, Sikhism and Jainism.

(c) Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

The Sacred Traditions Gallery - (c) Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

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