Article: Islam; faith, art, culture; manuscripts of the Chester Beatty Library.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: House of treasures: once Dublin's best kept secret, the ...
World of Hibernia;  March 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... who enjoyed visiting the Chester Beatty Library and Gallery of Oriental ... Michael Ryan, director of the Chester Beatty Library, observes, "that not ... Americans realize. The Chester Beatty Library is in a sense one of America ...

Article: American collector's award-winning library. (Dublin).(The ...
Europe;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... first Irish museum to achieve this distinction. The Chester Beatty Library, which was bequeathed to the Irish people by the American mining magnate and collector, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, contains some of the finest treasures of the great ...

The Chester Beatty Library and its East Asian ...
Antiquity;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The Chester Beatty Library is home to a rich collection of ... collecting by its founder, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968). Beatty, an ... Thirty-one years later, the Chester Beatty Library moved from its original home into ...

Article: Muraqqa': Imperial Albums from the Chester Beatty ...
Marg, A Magazine of the Arts;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... is the first time an extensive exhibition of the Chester Beatty Library's Mughal-era Indian collection has travelled ... together diverse elements on a single page. The Beatty Library has one page from the Gulshan Album in its collection ...

Article: LEONARDO: THE CODEX LEICESTER ; You write the reviews ++ ...
The Independent - London;  August 1, 2007 ;     548 words ... ... present on display in the first-floor gallery of the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. It is on loan from Bill Gates, who ... wonderful opportunity to see the manuscript and the Chester Beatty has done it justice with the presentation and interpretation ...

Article: London museum design specialist Event has won a design award for ...
Design Week;  October 20, 2000 ;     350 words ... ... London museum design specialist Event has won a design award for the second year running, for its redesign of the Chester Beatty Library galleries in Dublin. The collections feature treasures and audio-visual presentations in intimate areas, exploring ...

Article: A collection of Persian manuscripts detailing the Manichean ...
History Today;  September 1, 2001 ;     425 words ... ... manuscripts detailing the Manichean religion has been reassembled for the first time in 70 years at Dublin's Chester Beatty Library. The dualistic Gospel of Mani developed in parallel with monotheistic Christianity, retaining a presence in ...