Selected Publications

• 'The Threads that Bind: Evidence of the Early Codex Structure in Chester Beatty’s Papyri.' In The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri at Ninety: Literature, Papyrology, Ethics. Edited by Garrick Vernon Allen, Usama Ali Mohamed Gad, Kelsie Gayle Rodenbiker, Anthony Philip Royle and Jill Unkel. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. 121-142.

• 'Memories from Montefiascone,' by Cheryl Porter and Kristine Rose-Beers. Journal of Paper Conservation, 22:1-4, 15-16.

• ‘Preparing to conserve an early Qur’an manuscript in the collections of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty: Exploring the materiality of the early Islamic book,’ Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 17. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2021. 107-133.

• ‘Parchment, perforations and pigments: Exploring the materiality of an early Qur’an manuscript (CBL Is 1404),’ 2020, Conservation Activities in Ireland V &VI, Dublin: Wordwell, 2020. 

• 'Indo-Persian Histories from the Object Out: The St Andrews Qur'an Manuscript between Timurid, Safavid, Mughal, and Deccani Worlds,' by Keelan Overton and Kristine Rose-Beers (with contributions by Bruce Wannell), in Iran and the Deccan: Persianate Art, Culture, and Talent in Circulation, 1400–1700. Edited by Keelan Overton. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2020.

• ‘Parchment, pigments and perforations: Developing a treatment methodology for an 8th century Qur’an manuscript at the Chester Beatty,’ Anali Gazi Husrev-Begove Biblioteke, Vol 26 No 40 (2019), 331-352.

• 'Investigating the Palette of the Ruzbihan Qur’an.' In Lapis and Gold: Exploring Chester Beatty’s Ruzbihan Qur’an. London: Ad Illisum/ Chester Beatty Library, 2018.

• 'Materials.' In Miniature Masterpiece: The Coëtivy Hours. Dublin: Chester Beatty Library, 2018.

• ‘Reading with Conservators: the language of book archaeology.’ In By the Pen and What They Write: Writing in Islamic Art and Culture (The Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art). New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017.

• ‘An Inspiration for Conservation: An Historic Andalusi Binding Structure,’ by Ana Beny and Kristine Rose Beers, in Suave Mechanicals: Essays on the History of Bookbinding, Volume 3. Edited by Julia Miller. Ann Arbour, Michigan: The Legacy Press, 2016. 160- 195.

• 'The Illuminators’ Palette', by Paola Ricciardi and Kristine Rose Beers, in Colour. The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts. London: Brepols, 2016.

• 'MOLAB® meets Persia: Non-invasive study of a sixteenth-century illuminated manuscript' by Chiara Anselmi, Paola Ricciardi, David Buti, Aldo Romani, Patrizia Moretti, Kristine Rose Beers, Brunetto Giovanni Brunetti, Costanza Miliani, Antonio Sgamellotti. Studies in Conservation, 2015, Vol. 60 Supplement 1, 185- 192.

• 'Fusing Findings: a cross-disciplinary approach to material analysis of manuscripts at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge' by Kristine Rose and Paola Ricciardi. Uluslararasi cilt sanati buluşmasi sempozyumu, tebliğler. Istanbul, 2014. 92- 97.

• ‘“It's not easy being green:” a spectroscopic study of green pigments used in illuminated manuscripts' by P. Ricciardi, A. Pallipurath and K. Rose. Analytical Methods, 2013, 5, 3819-3824.

• 'The Conservation of Dd.4.24,' The Dd Manuscript. Edited by Orietta Da Rold.   University of Sheffield: The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales, 2013. Available at: http://www.chaucermss.org/dd

• ‘Conservation of the Turkish Collection at the Chester Beatty Library: A new study of Turkish book construction.’ Conservation and the Eastern Mediterranean, contributions to the Istanbul Congress 20-24th September 2010. Edited by Christina Rozeik, Ashok Roy and David Saunders. London: International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic works, 2010. 45-49.

• 'The Jaharis Gospel Lectionary: The Story of a Byzantine Book.' Art and Christianity, no. 63, 2010, p. 15.

• ‘The Conservation of a seventeenth-century Persian Shahnama.’ Edinburgh Conference papers 2006. Edited by Shulla Jaques. London: Institute of Conservation, 2007. 79-86.

• ‘The Conservation of Islamic Manuscript Material at Cambridge University Library, with Particular reference to Ms. Add. 269.’ Pembroke papers, Volume 5. Edited by Charles Melville. Cambridge: Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, 2006. 277-286.