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== Collection highlights ==
Source:<ref>These are collection highlights according to museum site {{Cite web|title=Chester Beatty Explore |url=https://chesterbeatty.ie/explore/places/ |website=Chester Beatty |language=en}} (at least those, which have image in Wikimedia commons)</ref>

=== Arabic collection ===
{{gallery|File:Four horsemen taking part in a contest. From 'Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship' by al-Aqsara'i (CBL Ar 5655.118, f.2v).jpg|'Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship' by al-Aqsara'i. [[Cairo]], 1366.
}}

=== Armenian collection ===
{{gallery|File:The Garden of Eden (CBL Arm 551, ff.2v-3r).jpg|[[Serapion of Edessa|Serapion of Edessa's]] Abridged Bible. [[Amida (Mesopotamia)|Amida]], 1601
|File:Armenian Gospel Book made in Isfahan in 1655 (CBL Arm 578).jpg|Armenian [[Gospel Book]] made in [[Isfahan]] in 1655
}}

=== Biblical papyri collection ===
{{gallery|File:Luke 13.29-35 and 14.10 (CBL BP I, f.15r).jpg|[[Papyrus 45]]
|Bifolio from Paul's Letter to the Romans, the end of Paul's Letter to the Philippians and the beginning of Paul's Letter to the Colossians.jpg|Fragments of [[Papyrus 46]]
}}

=== Burmese collection ===
{{gallery|File:Court amusements and ceremonies (CBL Bu 1201).jpg|Court amusements and ceremonies. [[Myanmar]], 19th century
|File:Court amusements and ceremonies (CBL Bu 1290).jpg|Court amusements and ceremonies. Myanmar, after 1885
}}

=== Chinese collection ===
{{gallery|File:Page from the 'Great encyclopaedia of the Yongle Reign' (Yongle dadian) (CBL C 1751, f.34v).jpg|Chapters 10,110 to 10,112 of the '[[Yongle Encyclopedia|Great encyclopaedia of the Yongle Reign]]'
|File:Illustrations of agriculture (CBL C 1717.1).jpg|''Imperially commissioned illustrations of agriculture and sericulture''. Woodblock print by [[Zhu Gui (printmaker)|Zhu Gui]] after designs by [[Jiao Bingzhen]]. 1696
|File:Paintings of birds and flowers by Hu Feitao (CBL C 1335).jpg|Paintings of birds and flowers by [[Hu Mei (painter)|Hu Mei]]. 18th century
|File:Diamond of perfect wisdom sutra.jpg|'[[Diamond Sutra]]' written in Chinese, engraved and gilded on fifty-three [[folio]]s of [[nephrite]] [[jade]]. 1732
|File:Title page of the 'Song of the jade bowl written by the imperial brush (Yubi yu weng ge)' (CBL C 1001, f.1r).jpg|'Song of the jade bowl written by the imperial brush (Yubi yu weng ge)'. 1745
|File:South façade of the Palace of Harmonious Delights (Xieqiqu nanmian) (CBL C 1608).jpg|'South façade of the Palace of Harmonious Delights (Xieqiqu nanmian)'. After drawing by [[Yi Lantai]]. Between 1781 and 1787
|File:Birds and flowers. Handscroll (CBL C 1185).jpg|[[Handscroll]] of birds and flowers. Circa 1800
|File:Painting of Fish (CBL C 1382).jpg|Paintings of insects and fish. Early 19th century
}}

=== Coptic collection ===
{{gallery|File:Wooden boards for half binding - CBL Cpt 803.jpg|Wooden boards. Egypt, Third century
|File:Papyrus with the fragments of the Book of Joshua (CBL Cpt 2019.8a).jpg|Papyrus with the fragments of the [[Book of Joshua]]. Egypt, 4th century
|File:Page from Coptic manuscript of the 'Pauline Epistles & Gospel of John' (CBL Cpt 813, f.3r).jpg|Coptic manuscript of the '[[Pauline Epistles]] & [[Gospel of John]]'. Egypt, circa 600
}}

=== Egyptian Papyrus collection ===
{{gallery|File:Contendings of Horus and Seth (CBL Pap 1.2).jpg|Manuscript of '[[The Contendings of Horus and Seth|Contendings of Horus and Seth]]'
|File:Judgement of the deceased, Book of the Dead of Lady Neskhons (CBL Pap XXI.4).jpg|[[Book of the Dead]] of Lady Neskhons. Egypt, c. 300 BC
}}

=== Ethiopian collection ===
{{gallery|File:The Resurrection. From an Ethiopian prayer book (CBL W 942, f.2v).jpg|The Resurrection. From an Ethiopian prayer book. 17th or early 18th century
|File:Gospels of Matthew and Mark (CBL W 912, f.1r).jpg|Gospels of Matthew and Mark in [[Geʽez]]. 18th century
|File:Scroll containing magical prayers to protect against evil (CBL W 941).jpg|Scroll containing magical prayers to protect against evil in Geʽez. 19th century.
}}

=== Hebrew collection ===
{{gallery|File:Festival prayer book (Mahzor).jpg|[[Machzor]] written on [[parchment]] in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] in an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Ktav Ashuri|square script]]. [[Italy]], 14th or 15th century
|File:Sefer Torah (CBL Heb 777).jpg|''[[Sefer Torah]]'' on parchment written in Hebrew in a [[Sephardi Jews|Sefardic]] square script in the 18th century.
}}

=== Indian collection ===
{{gallery|File:Portrait of Raisal Darbari. Folio from the Salim Album (CBL In 44.2).jpg|Portrait of [[Raisal of Khandela|Raisal Darbari]]. [[Allahabad]], circa 1600-1605
|File:Jujhar Singh Bundela Kneels in Submission to Shah Jahan (CBL In 07A.16).jpg|''[[Jhujhar Singh|Jujhar Singh Bundela]] kneels in submission to [[Shah Jahan]]'' by [[Bichitr]], circa 1630
|File:Awrangzib Hunts Nilgais (CBL In 11A.27).jpg|[[Awrangzib]] Hunts Nilgais. Circa 1660
|File:Women on a palace terrace with a panoramic view (CBL In 69.6).jpg|Women on a palace terrace with a panoramic view. [[Faizabad]], 1770
|File:A woman preparing a meal (CBL In 11B.30).jpg|A woman preparing a meal. [[Kangra, Himachal Pradesh|Kangra]], c. 1810
|File:Begum Samru's Household.jpg|''[[Begum Samru]] and her household'' by Muhammad A'zam. Delhi, c. 1820
|File:Iris, painted lacquer album cover.jpg|Iris, painted lacquer album cover. Delhi, c. 1850
}}

=== Indian (non-Mughal) collection ===
{{gallery|File:Perfection of wisdom sutra (CBL InE 1400).jpg|Manuscript of the [[Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra]]. Nepal, 1317
|File:Book of ritual (Kalpa-sūtra) and Story of the monk Kālaka (Kālakācārya-kathā).jpg|Manuscript of the Book of ritual ([[Kalpa Sūtra|Kalpa-sūtra]]) and Story of the monk Kālaka ([[Kālakācārya-kathā]]). [[Gujarat]], 1522
|File:Two and a Half Continents. Jain cosmographical painting (CBL InE 1669).jpg|Two and a Half Continents. [[Jainism|Jain]] cosmographical painting. Western India, late 18th - 19th century
|File:Amulet with Bhagavatapurana (CBL InE 1478, detail).jpg|[[Bhagavata Purana]]. Northern India, late 18th or early 19th century
}}

=== Islamic collection ===
{{gallery|File:Quran folio c. 700-750, possibly Syria or Yemen.jpg|[[Parchment]] [[Qur'an]] manuscript. Possibly [[Syria]] or [[Yemen]], c. 700-750
|File:Syrischer Maler um 900 001.jpg|Folio from the parchment Qur'an manuscript. Syria, c. 900
|File:Folio from the Blue Qur'an (CBL Is 1405A, f. 1b).jpg|Two folios from the [[Blue Quran]]
|File:Illuminated Opening. The Ibn al-Bawwab Qur'an (CBL Is 1431, ff.284b-285a).jpg|The [[Ibn al-Bawwab]] Qur'an. [[Baghdad]], 1000/1001
|File:Double-page from the Mamluk Qur'an (CBL Is 1440).jpg|Qur'an copied by [[Muhammad ibn al-Wahid]]. [[Cairo]], c. 1306-1310
|File:Illuminated double-page of the Juz' 27 of the Mamluk Qur'an (CBL Is 1476, 1v-2r).jpg|[[Juz']] 27 of the Qur'an copied and illuminated by [[Ahmad ibn Kamal ibn Yahya al-Ansari al-Mutatabbib|Ahmad ibn Kamal al-Mutatabbib]]. Cairo, 1332-1336
|File:Double frontispiece of the Ruzbihan Qur'an (CBL Is 1558).jpg|[[Ruzbihan Qur'an]]. [[Shiraz]], c. 1550
}}

=== Japanese collection ===
{{gallery|File:Jizō Bosatsu (CBL J 1214).jpg|[[Jizō Bosatsu]]. [[Hanging scroll]], 15th century
|File:The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) (CBL J 1050.2, ff.11b-12a).jpg|[[The Tales of Ise|The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)]]. Manuscript from the late 16th century
|File:Minghuang's Dalliance (CBL J 1158.1, ill.5.18).jpg|Pair of [[handscroll]] paintings with scenes from ''[[Chang hen ge (poem)|Nagauta Song]]'' by [[Kanō Sansetsu]], c. 1640s
|File:Scroll 3 from Tale of Ōeyama (Ōeyama emaki) (CBL J 1145.3).jpg|17th century manuscript of the ''[[Shuten-dōji|Ōeyama Emaki]]''.
|File:Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) (CBL J 1038.1).jpg|17th century manuscript of ''[[The Tale of Genji]]''
|File:Dutch mansions in Dejima, Nagasaki (Nagasaki Dejima Rankan no zu) (CBL J 1131).jpg|Dutch mansions in [[Dejima]], [[Nagasaki]] (Nagasaki Dejima Rankan no zu). Handscroll from the 18th century
|File:Eleventh month (Jūichi gatsu) (CBL J 2421).jpg|Eleventh month (Jūichi gatsu). Woodblock print from the series ''Twelve months of the southern quarter'' (Minami jūni ko) by [[Torii Kiyonaga]], c. 1783
|File:Five cranes on a spit of sand. Surimono by Kubo Shunman (CBL J 2284).jpg| Five cranes on a spit of sand. [[Surimono]] by [[Kubo Shunman]], probably 1816
|File:Benkei crab and plum blossom (CBL J 2080).jpg| Benkei crab and plum blossom. Surimono by [[Yashima Gakutei]] with poems signed [[Bunbunsha Kanikomaru|Bunbunsha]], c.1823
|File:Seven-mile beach in Sagami province (Sōshū Shichiri-ga-hama) (CBL J 2745).jpg|Seven-mile beach in Sagami province (Sōshū Shichiri-ga-hama). Woodblock print from the series ''[[Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji]]'' (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) by [[Katsushika Hokusai]], c. 1831
|File:Plum garden at Kameido (Kameido umeyashiki) (CBL J 2693).jpg|[[Plum Park in Kameido]], woodblock print from the series ''[[One Hundred Famous Views of Edo]]'' (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by [[Utagawa Hiroshige]], 1857
}}

=== Papyrus collection ===
{{gallery|File:Official correspondence of the Strategus of Panopolis concerning the preparations for the forthcoming visit of Diocletian (CBL PapPan I.12).jpg|Official correspondence of the [[Strategos]] of [[Panopolis]] concerning the preparations for the forthcoming visit of [[Diocletian]]. Panopolis, 298
}}

=== Persian collection ===
{{gallery|File:Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India. From the Book of Kings (Shahnama) (CBL Per 104.60v).jpg|[[Bahram Gur]] kills a dragon in India. From the "First Small [[Shahnameh|Shahnama]]". Possibly [[Tabriz]], c. 1300
|File:Zal meets king Manuchihr, asking for his mercy (CBL Per 111.4v detail).jpg|[[Zāl|Zal]] meets king [[Manuchehr|Manuchihr]], asking for his mercy. From the "[[Great Mongol Shahnameh]]". Tabriz, c. 1330
|File:The rescue at sea. From Prince Baysunghur's Rose Garden (Gulistan) (CBL Per 119, f.15v).jpg|''The rescue at sea'' by [[Amir Khalil (painter)|Amir Khalil]]. From [[Baysunghur|Prince Baysunghur's]] [[Gulistan (book)|Rose Garden (Gulistan)]]. [[Herat]], 1427
|File:Filigree leather book cover, for the Five Poems (Khamsa) of Amir Khusrau.jpg|Filigree leather book cover, for the ''Five Poems (Khamsa)'' of [[Amir Khusrau]]. Herat, 1485
|File:A party at night, from the Bustan (Orchard) of Sa`di (CBL Per 236).jpg|A party at night. [[Safavid Iran|Safavid]] miniature (possibly by [[Abd al-Samad|Mirza Ali]]) attached to the [[Timurid Empire|Timurid]] copy of ''[[Bustan (book)|Bustan]]''. Tabriz, c. 1540.
|File:Hunting birds. From an album (muraqqa’) for Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (CBL Per 225, f.4r).jpg|Tinted drawing of a hawk attacking a heron in landscape. From an [[muraqqa]] for [[Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah]]. Possibly Iran, c. 1550-1600
|File:The Ka`ba sanctuary in Mecca. From Triumph of the Holy Places (Futuh al-Haramayn) (CBL Per 249).jpg|Manuscript of the ''[[Futuh al-Haramayn]]''. Mecca, late 16th-century
|File:Zal Rescued by the Simurgh.jpg|''Zal Rescued by the [[Simurgh]]'' by [[Sadiqi Beg]]. Miniature from the ''Shahnameh'' commissioned by [[Abbas the Great|Shah Abbas I]]. Probably [[Qazvin]], between 1590 and 1600
|File:Young man in a fur hat, by Reza Abbasi (CBL Per 260.2).jpg|''Young man in a fur hat'' by [[Reza Abbasi]]. [[Isfahan]], between 1600 and 1625
}}

=== Syriac collection ===
{{gallery|File:Ephrem's Commentary on the Diatessaron.jpg|Parchment manuscript of the [[Ephrem the Syrian|Ephrem's]] Commentary on the [[Diatessaron]] and an exchange of letters between [[Severus of Antioch]] and [[Julian of Halicarnassus]]. Egypt, late 5th or early 6th century and 8th or 9th century
}}

=== Thai collection ===
{{gallery|Fragment of the "Extracts from the Pali canon (Tipitaka) and Qualities of the Buddha (Mahabuddhaguna)" (CBL Thi 1341).jpg|Extracts from the Pali canon ([[Tripiṭaka|Tipitaka]]) and Qualities of the Buddha (Mahabuddhaguna). [[Thailand]], late 18th century
|Fortune-Telling Manual (Phrommachat) (CBL Thi 1302).jpg|Fortune-Telling Manual (Phrommachat) with the twelve animals of the [[Chinese zodiac|Thai zodiac]] and their associated attributes, avatars and plants. Thailand, c. 1845
|Fragment of "Extracts from the Pali canon (Tipitaka) and Story of Phra Malai" (CBL Thi 1312).jpg|Extracts from the Pali canon (Tipitaka) and [[Phra Malai|Story of Phra Malai]]. Thailand, late 19th century
|Fragment of "Extracts from the Pali canon (Tipitaka) and Story of Phra Malai" (CBL Thi 1319).jpg|Extracts from the Pali canon (Tipitaka) and Story of Phra Malai. Thailand, 1897
}}

=== Tibetan collection ===
{{gallery|File:Vajrapani mandala.jpg|[[Vajrapani]] [[Mandala]]. [[Thangka]]. [[Tibet]], 18th or 19th century
}}

=== Turkish collection ===
{{gallery|File:Binding from "The Cream of Histories" (Zubdat al-tawarikh) (CBL T 414).jpg|Binding from "The Cream of Histories" ([[Zubdat al-tawarikh]]). [[Istanbul]], 1585-1590
|File:Description of the Prophet (Hilya al-nabi), by Hafiz Osman (CBL T 559.4).jpg|''Description of the Prophet'' ([[Hilya|Hilya al-nabi]]), by [[Hâfiz Osman]]. Istanbul, 1691/1692
}}

=== Western collection ===
{{gallery|File:Saint Mark the Evangelist (CBL W 139, f.122v).jpg|[[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[Gospel Book]], c. 1100
|File:Page from the 'Garden of knowledge (Viridarium)', a medieval encyclopaedia (CBL W 080, f.13r).jpg|'Garden of knowledge (Viridarium)', a medieval encyclopaedia by [[Jean Reynaud (jurist)|Jean Reynaud]]. Probably [[Avignon]], between 1386 and 1425 
|File:Virgin and Child from the Coëtivy Hours (CBL W 082, f.222v).jpg|''Coëtivy Hours'' by [[Dunois Master]]. [[Paris]], 1443-1445
}}

=== Western Miscellaneous collection ===
{{gallery|File:Triptych with Virgin and Child and St Nicholas (CBL WX 23).jpg|Triptych with Virgin and Child and St Nicholas. [[Russia]], {{Circa|1800}}
|File:St John the Forerunner (CBL WX 40).jpg|[[John the Baptist|St John the Forerunner]]. Russia, 19th century
}}

=== Western Prints and Drawings collection ===
{{gallery|File:Popish Plot Playing Cards (CBL Wep 4182).jpg|[[Popish Plot]] Playing Cards, after [[Francis Barlow (artist)|Francis Barlow]]. [[England]], c. 1679
|File:Dressing gown (Saut de lit) (CBL WEp 0958).jpg|Dressing gown (Saut de lit). [[Fashion plate]] after [[Gerda Wegener]]. Paris, Journal des Dames et des Modes, 20 July 1914 (no. 78)
}}

=== Others ===
{{gallery|File:Francisco Alvares 'The Prester John of the India' (Ho Preste Joam das Indias) (CBL Rare Books AA602, Title Page).jpg|First edition of 'The Prester John of the India' (Ho Preste Joam das Indias) by [[Francisco Álvares]]. [[Lisbon]], 1540
|File:Embroidered Binding (CBL BB665, Binding, Front).jpg|Embroidered Binding. Possibly an Italian 18th-century binding of white silk [[Damask]]. The ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'' and administration of the sacraments
|File:Bokbinding by Charles Meunier - CBL inv AB 454.jpg|[[Art Nouveau]] binding by [[Charles Meunier (bookbinder)|Charles Meunier]]. Paris, 1897
}}