Kristine Rose-Beers

Professional Training, Career
Kristine has over 17 years of experience in manuscript conservation. She graduated from the Conservation programme at Camberwell College of Arts, London in 2002 before beginning work at Cambridge University Library, where her fascination with Islamic manuscript material was cemented. In 2008 Kristine started work at the Chester Beatty as book conservator for the Turkish collection. In 2011 Kristine was appointed Assistant Keeper (Conservator of Manuscripts and Printed Books) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. After four years in Cambridge, Kristine’s passion for the unique Chester Beatty collections brought her back to Dublin.

Current Position
Kristine Rose-Beers ACR is Head of Conservation at the Chester Beatty in Dublin, Ireland, and an accredited member of the Institute of Conservation (ICON). She specialises in the conservation of Islamic manuscript material, with particular interest in the importance of materiality and codicology to contemporary conservation solutions. 

Area of Speciality
Kristine is an active figure in the field of Islamic and Western manuscript conservation, maintaining an interest in historical methods of dye and pigment production, as well as the development of the early codex and its relevance to contemporary conservation.

Further Information
She has presented research findings at international conferences and published articles in peer-reviewed editions. Her publications include, 'Investigating the Palette of the Ruzbihan Qur’an,' Lapis and Gold (2018); “MOLAB® meets Persia: Non-invasive study of a sixteenth-century illuminated manuscript,” Studies in Conservation (2015); “Conservation of the Turkish Collection at the Chester Beatty Library: A New Study of Turkish Book Construction,” IIC (2010); and “The Conservation of a Seventeenth-century Persian Shahnama,” ICON (2007).
Kristine has taught and lectured internationally, and is a regular tutor at the Montefiascone Project in Italy. She is also a member of the Institute of Conservator-Restorers in Ireland (ICRI) and a member of the Board of Directors of The Islamic Manuscript Association (TIMA).