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CHESTER BEATTY LIBRARY

http://www.cbl.ie/

Biography

The Library’s collections are displayed in two permanent exhibitions: Sacred Traditions and & Artistic Traditions. The Sacred Traditions Gallery exhibits the sacred texts, illuminated manuscripts and miniature paintings from the great religions and systems of belief represented in the collections Christianity, Islam and Buddhism with smaller displays on Confucianism, Daoism, Sikhism and Jainism. The Biblical Papyri, the remarkable collection of Quran manuscripts and scrolls and books of Buddhist thought provide the focus for the displays. Audio-visual programmes on Rites of Passage in many faiths, prayer and pilgrimage enhance the displays.

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