Treasures of the Chester Beatty Library 1.0
Free Version
Publisher Description
Discover the Treasures of the Chester Beatty Library, a museum and special collections library located in the heart of Dublin, Ireland! This app contains videos filled with high-resolution images and audio commentary highlighting twenty of the Library s most exquisite objects, each chosen especially by our curators. Each video invites you to explore one of these objects including: - An important third-century early Christian codex containing the Four Gospels and Acts of the Apostles. - A set of Albrecht D rer s most famous prints depicting the Apocalypse, A fifteenth-century Iranian manuscript page containing an exquisite arabesque illumination. - A Qur an written and illuminated by Ibn al-Bawwab, the best known of all Islamic calligraphers. - A seventeenth-century scroll telling the most famous love story in Chinese history. - A set of prints depicting Mount Fuji created by the celebrated Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. Fourteen other special works of art are highlighted, complimented by videos about the collection s founder, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty and a history of his personal collection which would later become the Chester Beatty Library. His rich collection of sacred and secular manuscripts and objects from countries across Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe is open to the public free of charge so why not visit to see some of these treasures yourself?
Requires iOS 4.2 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
About Treasures of the Chester Beatty Library
Treasures of the Chester Beatty Library is a free app for iOS published in the Kids list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops Treasures of the Chester Beatty Library is Arekibo Communications Limited. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0.
To install Treasures of the Chester Beatty Library on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2013-04-19 and was downloaded 3 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Treasures of the Chester Beatty Library as malware if the download link is broken.
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- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
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- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
