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anything from the illustrations。 Nevertheless; he couldn’t refrain from drawing

Our Sultan’s attention to the horses in these magnificent paintings: the way

one reared; the delicate stance of the next and; in the third; a dignity and pride

matching  the  content  of  ancient  books。  Meanwhile;  he  speculated  about

which  artist  had  made  each  picture;  and  the  pageboy  who’d  gone  door  to

door to the artists’ houses confirmed what Master Osman said。

“My Sovereign; don’t be surprised that I know my painters like the back of

my  hand;”  said  the  master。  “What  bewilders  me  is  how  one  of  these  men;

whom  I  indeed  know  like  the  back  of  my  hand;  could  make  a  pletely

unfamiliar mark。 For even the flaw of a master miniaturist has its origins。”

“You mean to say?” said Our Sultan。

“Your  Excellency;  Prosperous  Sultan  and  Refuge  of  the  World;  in  my

opinion; this concealed signature; evident here in the nostrils of this chestnut

horse;  is  not  simply  the  meaningless  and  absurd  mistake  of  a  painter;  but  a

sign  whose  roots  reach  into  the  distant  past  to  other  pictures;  other

techniques; other styles and perhaps even other horses。 If we were allowed to

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examine the marvelous pages of centuries…old books that You keep under lock

and key in the cellars; iron chests; and cabis of the Inner Treasury; we might

be able to identify as technique what we now see as mistake; then; we could

attribute it to the brush of one of the three miniaturists。”

“You wish to enter my Treasury?” said the Sultan in amazement。

“That is my wish;” said my master。

This  was  a  request  as  brazen  as  asking  to  enter  the  harem。  Just  then;  I

understood that in as much as the harem and the Treasury occupied the two

prettiest spots in the courtyard of the Private Paradise of Our Sultan’s Palace;

they also occupied the two dearest spots in Our Sultan’s heart。

I was trying to read what would happen from Our Sultan’s beautiful face;

which I could now look upon without fear; but He suddenly vanished。 Had He

been incensed and offended? Would we; or even the miniaturists as a whole;

be punished on account of my master’s impudence?

Looking  at  the  three  horses  before  me;  I  imagined  that  I  would  be  killed

before  seeing  Shekure  again;  without  ever  sharing  her  bed。  Despite  the

immediacy  of  all  their  beautiful  attributes;  these  magnificent  horses  now

seemed to have emerged from a quite distant world。

I thoroughly realized during this horrifying silence that just as being taken

into the heart of the palace as a child; being raised here and living here meant

serving Our Sultan and perhaps dying for Him; so being a miniaturist meant

serving God and dying for the sake of His beauty。

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