Audio Gallery Tour
A tour of selected exhibits with commentary by Timothy Potts, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Barbara Brend, exhibition curator, and Charles Melville, Professor of Persian History, University of Cambridge. The tour stops can be played online or downloaded to your own mp3/audio player to take to the Fitzwilliam when visiting the exhibition.
If you bring a mobile phone to play the audio guide in the Museum, please note that phone calls and photography are strictly prohibited in the galleries.
The audio guide is also available on players for hire, at a small charge, in the exhibition.
You can play each of the items online or download them in a variety of formats.
Alternatively you can download all items as a podcast using
ITunes or in other players by using this
RSS feed
Image["1. Opening of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh"]
1. Opening of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh
Image["2. Ferdowsi encounters the court poets of Ghazni"]
2. Ferdowsi encounters the court poets of Ghazni
Image["3. The ship of Shi‘ism"]
3. The ship of Shi‘ism
Image["4. Lohrasp enthroned"]
4. Lohrasp enthroned
Image["5. Tahmineh comes to Rostam"]
5. Tahmineh comes to Rostam
Image["6. Manuchehr enthroned with Rostam in attendance"]
6. Manuchehr enthroned with Rostam in attendance
Image["7. The dying Rostam shoots Shaghad"]
7. The dying Rostam shoots Shaghad
Image["8. The King of Mazandaran turns himself into a rock"]
8. The King of Mazandaran turns himself into a rock
Image["9. Esfandiyar slays Arjasp in the Brazen Hold"]
9. Esfandiyar slays Arjasp in the Brazen Hold
Image["10. Eskandar seeks the Water of Life"]
10. Eskandar seeks the Water of Life
Image["11. Bizhan slays Nastihan"]
11. Bizhan slays Nastihan
Image["12. Qaran slays Barman"]
12. Qaran slays Barman
Image["13. Rostam slays the White Div"]
13. Rostam slays the White Div
Image["14. The Simorgh heals Rakhsh"]
14. The Simorgh heals Rakhsh
Image["15. The fire ordeal of Siyavosh"]
15. The fire ordeal of Siyavosh
Image["16. Dress saddle"]
16. Dress saddle
Image["17. Bahman-Ardeshir swallowed by a dragon"]
17. Bahman-Ardeshir swallowed by a dragon
Image["18. Key Kavus airborne"]
18. Key Kavus airborne