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Biblioteca de Chester Beatty

“Rica em tesouros de muitas civilizações perdidas, . . . deslumbrante com a beleza das suas miniaturas e quadros.”
R. J. Hayes, curador
Biblioteca de Chester Beatty, Dublin, na Irlanda.

(descrevendo o acervo de antiguidades, obras de arte, livros, manuscritos raros, de valor quase incalculável, existente naquela biblioteca).

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