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the  hand  of  the  murderer;  the  mark  of  that  devil;  this  would  augment  the

meaning of the picture。 Then there’s finding out that it’s not the image of the

horse; but the horse itself that’s beautiful; that is; seeing the illustration of the

horse not as an illustration; but as a true horse。”

“If  you  looked  at  this  illustration  as  if  you  were  looking  at  a  horse;  what

would you see there?”

“Looking at the size of this horse; I could say that this wasn’t a pony but;

judging from the length and curve of its neck; a good racehorse and that the

flatness of its back would make it suitable for long trips。 From its delicate legs

we might infer that it was agile and clever like an Arabian; but its body is too

long and large to be one。 The elegance of its legs suggests what the Bukharan

scholar  Fadlan  said  of  worthy  horses  in  his  Book  of  Equines;  that  were  it  to

happen upon a river it’d easily jump it without being startled and spooked。 I

know by heart the wonderful things written about the choicest horses in the

Book of Equines translated so beautifully by our royal veterinarian Fuyuzi; and I

can tell you that every word applies to the chestnut horse before us: A good

horse  should  have  a  pretty  face  and  the  eyes  of  a  gazelle;  its  ears  should  be

straight as reeds with a good distance between them; a good horse should have

small  teeth;  a  rounded  forehead  and  slight  eyebrows;  it  should  be  tall;  long…

haired; have a short waist; small nose; small shoulders and a broad flat back; it

should  be  full…thighed;  long…necked;  broadchested;  with  a  broad  rump  and

meaty  inner  thighs。  The  beast  should  be  proud  and  elegant  and  when  it

saunters; it should move as though it were greeting those on either side。”

“That’s our chestnut horse exactly;” I said; looking at the image of the horse

in astonishment。

“We’ve  discovered  our  horse;”  said  Master  Osman  with  the  same  ironic

smile; “but unfortunately this doesn’t do us any good when it es to the

identity  of  the  miniaturist;  because  I  know  that  no  miniaturist  in  his  right

mind  would  depict  a  horse  using  a  real  horse  as  a  model。  My  miniaturists;

naturally; would draw a horse from memory in one motion。 As proof; let me

remind  you  that  most  of  them  begin  drawing  the  outline  of  the  horse  from

the tip of one of its hooves。”

“Isn’t  this  done  so  the  horse  can  be  depicted  standing  firmly  on  the

ground?” I said apologetically。

“As  Jemalettin  of  Kazvin  wrote  in  h

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