LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Omar Khayyam forgery

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:01:28

Description

Interview with Professor L. P. Elwell-Sutton on the discovery that the manuscript of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam held in Cambridge University Library is a forgery. Male interviewer not identified. Audio level low and telephone interview.

Contributors

L. P. Elwell-Sutton

Keywords

Poetry; Universities; Forgery; Cambridge University; Libraries; Manuscripts; The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; Persian

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