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La '''Chester Beatty Library''' è stata fondata a [[Dublino]] ([[Irlanda]]) nel 1950, per accogliere le collezioni di miniature del magnate Sir Alfred Chester Beatty.<ref name="antiq">{{Cita web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65802699.html|title=The Chester Beatty Library and its East Asian Collections|accessdate=21-03-2008|date=01-09-2000|autore=Clare Pollard|opera=Antiquity}}</ref> L'attuale Biblioteca, sita nei sotterranei del [[Castello di Dublino]], è stata aperta il [[7 febbraio]] 2000, nel 125° anniversario della nascita di Sir Alfred ed è stata indicata come il museo europeo dell'anno nel 2002.<ref name="artsab">{{Cita web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EED81439F934A25754C0A9649C8B63|titolo=Arts Abroad; An Irish Castle for Religious Manuscripts|data d'accesso=21-03-2008|data=17-07-2002|autore=Brian Lavery|opera=The New York Times}}</ref>

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The Library's collections are displayed in two collections: "Sacred Traditions" and "Artistic Traditions". Both displays exhibit manuscripts, miniature paintings, prints, drawings, rare books and some decorative arts from the Islamic, East Asian and Western Collections.<ref name="irt">{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/property/2000/0203/00020300204.html|title=Castle is Fitting Home for Beatty Treasures|accessdate=2008-03-21|date=2000-02-03|work=The Irish Times}}</ref> The Library is one of the premier sources for scholarship in both the Old and New Testaments and is home to one of the most significant collections of [[Islamic]] and [[Far Eastern]] artefacts.<ref name="math">{{Cite web|url=http://mathaba.net/news/?x=546762|title=Chester Beatty Library: Magnificent Collection of Islamic and Far Eastern Artefacts|accessdate=2008-03-21|publisher=Mathaba News Network|date=2006-12-03|author=Elizabeth Hutcheson}}</ref> The museum also offers numerous temporary exhibitions, many of which include works of art on loan from foreign institutions and collections. The museum contains a number of priceless objects, including one of the surviving volumes of the first illustrated ''[[Life of the Prophet]]'' and the ''[[Gospel of Mani]]'' believed to be the last remaining artefact from [[Manichaeism]].<ref name="bbcmani">{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/1435490.stm|title=Priceless Ancient Text Reassembled|accessdate=2008-03-21|publisher=BBC News|date=2001-07-12 }}</ref><ref name="thrillm">{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2007/0106/1168032999621.html|title=Thrilling Messages from a Shared Past|accessdate=2008-03-21|date=2007-01-06|work=The Irish Times}}</ref>

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==Collections==

===Western Collections===

==Collezioni==

===Colelzioni occidentali===<!--

[[File:P. Chester Beatty I, folio 13-14, recto.jpg||left|thumb|A 3rd c. Greek papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Luke]]

The Western Collection houses many illuminated manuscripts, rare books and Old Master prints and drawings. The collection of papyri is one of the most extensive in the world and includes almost the entire corpus of Ancient Egyptian Love Songs.