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invited him to our house。 I was fully aware that my story bore a promise of

both sorrow and bliss that would bind the two of us together。

“Every  picture  serves  to  tell  a  story;”  I  said。  “The  miniaturist;  in  order  to

beautify the manuscript we read; depicts the most vital scenes: the first time

lovers  lay  eyes  on  each  other;  the  hero  Rüstem  cutting  off  the  head  of  a

devilish monster; Rüstem’s grief when he realizes that the stranger he’s killed

is  his  son;  the  love…crazed  Mejnun  as  he  roams  a  desolate  and  wild  Nature

among  lions;  tigers;  stags  and  jackals; the  anguish  of  Alexander;  who;  having

e  to  the  forest  before  a  battle  to  divine  its  oute  from  the  birds;

witnesses  a  great  falcon  tear  apart  his  woodcock。  Our  eyes;  fatigued  from

reading these tales; rest upon the pictures。 If there’s something within the text

that  our  intellect  and  imagination  are  at  pains  to  conjure;  the  illustration

es at once to our aid。 The images are the story’s blossoming in color。 But

painting without its acpanying story is an impossibility。

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“Or so I used to think;” I added; as if regretfully。 “But this is indeed quite

possible。  Two  years  ago  I  traveled  once  again  to  Venice  as  the  Sultan’s

ambassador。 I observed at length the portraits that the Veian masters had

made。  I  did  so  without  knowing  to  which  scene  and  story  the  pictures

belonged; and I struggled to extract the story from the image。 One day; I came

across a painting hanging on a palazzo wall and was dumbfounded。

“More  than  anything;  the  image  was  of  an  individual;  somebody  like

myself。 It was an infidel; of course; not one of us。 As I stared at him; though; I

felt as if I resembled him。 Yet he didn’t resemble me at all。 He had a full round

face  that  seemed  to  lack  cheekbones;  and  moreover;  he  had  no  trace  of  my

marvelous chin。 Though he didn’t look anything like me; as I gazed upon the

picture; for some reason; my heart fluttered as if it were my own portrait。

“I learned from the Veian gentleman who was giving me a tour through

his palazzo that the portrait was of a friend; a nobleman like himself。 He had

included whatever was significant in his life in his portrait: In the background

landscape  visible  from  the  open  window  there  was  a  farm;  a  village  and  a

blending  of  color  which  made  a  realistic…looking  forest。  Resting  on  the  table

before the nobleman were a clock; books; Time; Evil; Life; a calligraphy pen; a

map;  a  pass;  boxes  containing  gold  coins;  bric…a…brac;  odds  and  ends;

inscrutable  yet  distinguishable  things  that  were  probably  included  in  many

pictures;  shadows  of  jinns  and  the  Devil  and

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