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street hear his shouting and enter the house?

“How did you kill him?” I asked; more to buy time than out of curiosity。

“How did you chance to meet at the mouth of that well?”

“The night Elegant Effendi left your house; he came to me;” he said; with an

unexpected desire to confess。 “He said he’d seen the final double…leaf painting。

I tried at length to dissuade him from making an issue out of it。 I got him to

walk over to the area ravaged by the fire。 I told him I had money buried near

the  well。  When  he  heard  that;  he  believed  me…What  better  proof  that  an

illustrator  is  motivated  by  greed  alone?  That’s  another  reason  I’m not sorry。

He was a talented; but mediocre artist。 The greedy oaf was ready to dig into

the frozen earth with his fingernails。 You see; if I truly had gold pieces buried

beside  that  well;  I  wouldn’t  have  had  to  do  away  with  him。  Yes;  you  hired

yourself quite a miserable wretch to do your gilding。 The dearly departed had

finesse;  but  his  choice  of  color  and  application  was  ordinary;  and  his

illuminations  were  uninspired。  I  didn’t  leave  a  trace…Tell  me;  then;  what  is

the essence of ”style‘? Today; both the Franks and the Chinese talk about the

character of a painter’s talent; what they call “style。” Should style distinguish a

good artist from others or not?“

“Fear  not;”  I  said;  “a  new  style  doesn’t  spring  from  a  miniaturist’s  own

desire。 A prince dies; a shah loses a battle; a seemingly never…ending era ends; a

workshop is closed and its members disband; searching for other homes and

other bibliophiles to bee their patrons。 One day; a passionate sultan

will assemble these exiles; these bewildered but talented refugee miniaturists

and  calligraphers;  in  his  own  tent  or  palace  and  begin  to  establish  his  own

book…arts  workshop。  Even  if  these  artists;  unaccustomed  to  one  another;

continue at first in their respective painting styles; over time; as with children

who gradually bee friends by roughhousing on the street; they’ll quarrel;

bond; struggle and promise。 The birth of a new style is the result of years

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of  disagreements;  jealousies;  rivalries  and  studies  in  color  and  painting。

Generally; it’ll be the most gifted member of the workshop who fathers this

form。  Let’s  also  call  him  the  most  fortunate。  To  the  rest  of  the  miniaturists

falls the singular duty of perfecting and refining this style through perpetual

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