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==Collections==
===Western Collections===
The Western Collection houses many illuminated manuscripts, rare books and Old Master prints and drawings. With biblical texts written in Armenian, Church Slavonic, Coptic, Ge’ez, Greek, Latin and Syriac, the collection's Christian material comes from diverse cultural and geographical backgrounds. The papyrus codices in the Chester Beatty include [[Papyrus 45]] and [[Papyrus 46]] among others which are some of the earliest surviving Christian artefacts in the world. In addition, a significant proportion of the rare printed books and prints are also Christian in focus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chesterbeatty.ie/explore/christianity/|title=Christianity {{!}} Explore the Collections|website=Chester Beatty|language=en|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref> The collection of papyri is one of the most extensive in the world and includes almost the entire corpus of Ancient Egyptian Love Songs.

===Islamic Collections===
The Islamic Collection is divided between the [[Arabic]], [[Persia]]n, [[Turkic peoples|Turkish]], [[Qur'an]] and Mughal-Era Indian Collections. The Arabic texts include treatises on religion, history, jurisprudence, medicine, geography, mathematics, astronomy and linguistics. Some of the finest miniatures from imperial Mughal albums, called ''[[Muraqqa']]'', are housed in the Chester Beatty Library, with important paintings from the ''Late Shah Jahan Album'' and the ''Minto Album''. The albums were the subject of an exhibition and publication by the Islamic curator, Dr Elaine Wright, ''Muraqqa': Imperial Albums of the Chester Beatty Library''. Often on display is the ''Ibn al-Bawwab'' Qur'an, copied by one of the greatest medieval Islamic calligraphers.

===Persian Collection===
The Persian collection contains various miniatures and manuscripts of classical Persian poets such as [[Ferdowsi]] and [[Nizami Ganjavi|Nizami]].<ref>[https://chesterbeatty.ie/assets/uploads/2018/11/A-Catalogue-of-the-Persian-Manuscripts-and-Miniatures-Vol-1_Part1.pdf　A Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803013720/https://chesterbeatty.ie/assets/uploads/2018/11/A-Catalogue-of-the-Persian-Manuscripts-and-Miniatures-Vol-1_Part1.pdf |date=3 August 2019 }} Chester Beatty</ref>

===East Asian Collections===
The East Asian Collection has one of the most extensive collections of carved snuff bottles, many of which were included in the catalogue, ''The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin: Chinese Snuff Bottles''. It also has Japanese art, including a pair of long picture-scrolls painted in the 17th century by [[Kanō Sansetsu]].<ref>[http://www.irishembassy.jp/home/index.aspx?id=53939　Ireland and Japan cooperate in Preservation of Ancient ArtworksBy Shane McCausland, Curator of the East Asian Collections] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029214804/http://www.irishembassy.jp/home/index.aspx?id=53939 |date=29 October 2013 }}  Ireland Embassy in Japan</ref>