- Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968) collected religious manuscripts and art from Europe, Persia, the Far East and Asia.
- The Chester Beatty Library was opened in 1968 under the will of the late Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. The library is one of Irelands most favoured National...
- The Chester Beatty Library was established in Dublin, Ireland in 1950, to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty.
- The library contains one of Europe's most important collections of manuscripts, assembled by a keen-eyed collector during the 20th century.
- The Chester Beatty museum is the pre-eminent Irish institution promoting the appreciation and understanding of world cultures and the engagement with the peoples...
- The exhibition is introduced by a display devoted to the life and work of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty.
- The Chester Beatty Library has similar illuminated manuscripts to the Book of Kells in addition to a vast collection of other fascinating items.
- The library's rich collections from Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe open a window on the artistic treasures of the great cultures and religions of the...
- Chester Beatty was mining mogul and apparently he was a very avid collector of manuscripts and books. In the 1950s, the Chester Beatty Library was...