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deterrent to the entire workshop when we had to scrape away large mistakes;

and what happened to the rituals that surrounded these mistakes?

We  also  agreed  that  it  was  wrong  for  the  Sultan  to  allow  the  master

miniaturists  to  work  at  home。  We  recalled  the  marvelous  warm  halva  that

came  to  us  from  the  palace  kitchen  on  early  winter  evenings  after  we’d

worked with aching eyes by the light of oil lamps and candles。 Laughing and

with  tears  in  our  eyes;  we  remembered  how  the  elderly  and  senile  master

gilder; who was stricken with chronic trembling and could take up neither pen

nor paper; on his monthly workshop visits brought fried dough…balls in heavy

syrup  that  his  daughter  had  made  for  us  apprentices。  We  talked  about  the

exquisite pages rendered by the dearly departed Black Memi; Head Illuminator

before Master Osman; discovered in his room; which remained empty for days

after  his  funeral;  within  the  portfolio  found  beneath  the  light  mattress  he’d

spread out and use for catnaps in the afternoons。

We talked about and named the pages we took pride in and would want to

take out and look at now and again if we had copies of them; the way Master

Black Memi had。 They explained how the sky on the upper half of the palace

picture made for the Book of Skills; illuminated with gold wash; foreshadowed

the end of the world; not due to the gold itself; but due to its tone between

towers;  domes  and  cypresses—the  way  gold  ought  to  be  used  in  a  polite

rendition。

They  described  a  portrayal  of  Our  Exalted  Prophet’s  bewilderment  and

ticklishness;  as  angels  seized  him  by  his  underarms  during  his  ascension  to

Heaven  from  the  top  of  a  minaret;  a  picture  of  such  grave  colors  that  even

children;  upon  seeing  the  blessed  scene;  would  first  tremble  with  pious  awe

and then laugh respectfully as if they themselves were being tickled。 I explained

how along one edge of a page I’d memorated the previous Grand Vizier’s

suppression  of  rebels  who’d  taken  to  the  mountains  by  delicately  and

respectfully arranging the heads he’d severed; tastefully drawing each one; not

as  an  ordinary  corpse’s  head;  but  as  an  individual  and  unique  face  in  the

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manner of a Frankish portraitist; furrowing their brows before death; dabbing

red onto their necks; making their sorroeaning of

life;  opening  their  nostrils  to  one  final;  desperate  breath;  and  shutting  their

eyes to this world; and thus; I’d imbued the painting with a terrifying aura of

mystery。

As  if  they  were  our  own  unforgettable  and  unattainable  memories;  we

wistfully  discussed  our  favorite  scenes  of  love  and  war;  recalling  their  most

magnificent  wonders  and  tear…inducing  subtleties。  Isolated  and  mysterious

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