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perhaps;  because  my  Enishte—who  wanted  painters;  openly  or  secretly;  to

imitate the methods of the Frankish masters—was his rival。

I suddenly sensed; as well; that I was perhaps seeing the great master alive

for  the  last  time;  and  in  the  fluster  of  wanting  to  please  and  hearten  him;  I

asked a question:

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“My great master; my dear sir; what separates the genuine miniaturist from

the ordinary?” I assumed the Head Illuminator; who was accustomed to such

fawning  questions;  would  give  me  a  dismissive  response;  and  that  he  was

presently in the midst of forgetting who I was altogether。

“There is no single measure that can distinguish the great miniaturist from

the unskilled and faithless one;” he said in all seriousness。 “This changes with

time。  Yet  the  skills  and  morality  with  which  he  would  face  the  evils  that

threaten  our  art  are  of  significance。  Today;  in  order  to  determine  just  how

genuine a young painter is; I’d ask him three questions。”

“And what would they be?”

“Has  he  e  to  believe;  under  the  sway  of  recent  custom  as  well  as  the

influence of the Chinese and the European Franks; that he ought to have an

individual painting technique; his own style? As an illustrator; does he want to

have a manner; an aspect distinct from others; and does he attempt to prove

this by signing his name somewhere in his work like the Frankish masters? To

determine precisely these things; I’d first ask him a question about ”style‘ and

“signature。”“

“And then?” I asked respectfully。

“Then;  I’d  want  to  learn  how  this  illustrator  felt  about  volumes  changing

hands;  being  unbound;  and  our  pictures  being  used  in  other  books  and  in

other eras after the shahs and sultans who’d missioned them have died。

This is a subtle issue demanding a response beyond one’s being simply upset

or  pleased  by  it。  Thus;  I’d  ask  the  illustrator  a  question  about  ”time‘—an

illustrator’s time and Allah’s time。 Do you follow me; my child?“

Nay。 But that’s not what I said。 Instead; I asked; “And the third question?”

“The third would be ”blindness‘!“ said the great master Head Illuminator

Osman; who then fell silent as if this required no explication。

“What is it about ”blindness‘?“ I said with embarrassment。

“Blindness is silence。 If you bine what I’ve just now said; the first and

the second questions; ”blindness’ will emerge。 It’s the farthest one can go in

illustrating; it is seeing what appears out of Allah’s own blackness。“

I  said  no  more。  I  walked  outside。  I  descended  the  icy  stairs  without

hurrying。 I knew that I would ask the great master’s three great questions of

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