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murderer  in  its  midst  goes  down  in  the  judicial  records  as  a  ”division  of

murderers;“ including its officer or master; and is punished accordingly;” said

the mander。 “Therefore; our Head Illuminator Master Osman will keep a

sharp  watch;  scrutinize  each  of  the  illustrations  with  his  perating  gaze;

uncover  the  devilry;  ruse;  mischief  and  instigation  that  has  set  the  innocent

miniaturists  at  each  other’s  throats;  and  remand  the  guilty  party  to  the

unwavering  justice  of  the  Refuge  of  the  World;  Our  Sultan;  thereby  clearing

the good name of his guild。 To this end; we’ve ordered that whatsoever Master

Osman  may  require  be  granted  to  him。  My  men  are  at  this  moment

confiscating  each  of  the  manuscript  pages  that  the  master  miniaturists  have

been illuminating in the privacy of their homes。”

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IT IS I; MASTER OSMAN

The mader of the Imperial Guard and the Head Treasurer reiterated Our

Sultan’s  decrees  before  leaving  the  two  of  us  alone。  Of  course;  Black  was

exhausted  by  fear;  crying  and  the  ruse  of  torture。  He  fell  quiet  like  a  boy。  I

knew I would e to like him; and I didn’t disturb his peace。

I had three days to examine the pages that the mander’s men collected

from  the  homes  of  my  calligraphers  and  master  miniaturists;  and  to

determine who had worked on them。 You all know how disgusted I was when

I first laid eyes on the paintings prepared for Enishte Effendi’s book; and how

Black  had  given  them  to  the  Head  Treasurer  Haz?m  Agha  to  clear  his  name。

Granted;  there  must  be  something  to  those  pages  for  them  to  arouse  such

violent disgust and hatred in a miniaturist like myself who’s devoted his life to

artistry; merely bad art wouldn’t provoke such a reaction。 So; with newfound

curiosity;  I  began  to  reexamine  the  nine  pages  that  the  deceased  fool  had

missioned from the miniaturists who came to him under cover of night。

I saw a tree in the middle of a blank page; situated within poor Elegant’s

border design and gilding work; which gracefully framed every page。 I tried to

conjure  the  scene  and  story  to  which  the  tree  belonged。  If  I  had  told  my

illustrators to draw a tree; dear Butterfly; wise Stork and wily Olive would have

begun  by  conceiving  of  this  tree  as  part  of  a  story  so  they  might  draw  the

image  with  confidence。  If  I  were  then  to  scrutinize  that  tree;  I’d  be  able  to

determine  which  tale  the  illustrator  had  in  mind  based  on  its  branches  and

leaves。 This; however; was a miserable; solitary tree; behind it; there was a quite

high  horizon  line  that  hearkened  back  to  the  style  of  the  oldest  masters  of

Shiraz  and  accentuated  the  feeling  of  isolation。  There  was  nothing  at  all;

however; filling the area created by raising the horizon。 The desire to depict a

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