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Ferdowsi's Shahnameh: MS 311

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

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Notes

History note: Square ownership stamp on f.ib. Owned by William Morris, with his bookplate, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith. Owned in 1900 by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, with his signature on first flyleaf.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen

Dating

1620 - 1621

Identification numbers

Accession number: MS 311
Primary reference Number: 243216

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 2 September 2020 Updated: Friday 21 November 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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