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第78部分(第4页)

When  I  touched  the  binding;  I  knew  there  was  wood  within  the  leather。

Twenty…five  years  ago;  upon  the  death  of  Sultan  Süleyman  the  Magnificent;

Shah  Tahmasp  was  so  elated  to  be  finally  rid  of  this  sultan  who’d  occupied

Tabriz three times; that along with the gift…laden camels he sent to Süleyman’s

successor; Sultan Selim; he included a spectacular Koran and this volume; the

most  beautiful  of  the  books  in  his  treasury。  First;  a  Persian  ambassadorial

delegation  three  hundred  strong  took  the  tome  to  Edirne  where  the  new

sultan  spent  the  winter  hunting;  after  it  arrived  here  in  Istanbul  along  with

the other presents carried on camels and mules; Head Illuminator Black Memi

and we three young masters went to see the book before it was locked up in

the  Treasury。  Just  like  the  Istanbulites  who  would  rush  to  see  an  elephant

brought  from  Hindustan  or  a  giraffe  from  Africa;  we  hurried  to  the  palace

where I learned from Master Black Memi that the great Master Bihzad; who’d

left  Herat  for  Tabriz  in  his  old  age;  hadn’t  contributed  to  this  book  because

he’d gone blind。

For Ottoman miniaturists like us who were astonished by ordinary books

with   seven   or   eight   illustrations;   looking   through   this   volume;   which

contained 250 large illustrations; was like roaming through an exquisite palace

while its inhabitants slept。 We stared at the incredibly rich pages with a quiet

pious  reverence  as  if  beholding  the  Gardens  of  Paradise  that  had  appeared

miraculously for a fleeting moment。 And for the following twenty…five years we

discussed this book which remained locked in the Treasury。

I silently opened the thick cover of the Book of Kings as if opening a huge

palace door。 As I turned the pages; each of which made a pleasant rustle; I was

overe by melancholy more than awe。

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1。  Mindful  of  the  stories  suggesting  that  all  the  master  miniaturists  of

Istanbul had stolen images from the pages of this book; I couldn’t give my full

attention to the pictures。

2。  Thinking  that  I  might  chance  upon  a  hand  drawn  by  Bihzad  in  some

corner;  I  couldn’t  devote  myself  wholeheartedly  to  the  masterpieces  that

appeared  in  one  of  every  five  or  six  pictures  (how  decisively  and  with  what

grace did Tahmuras lower his mace upon the heads of the demons and giants;

who later; in a time of peace; would teach him the alphabet; Greek and various

other languages!)。

3。 The noses of horses and the presence of Black and the dwarf prevented

me from surrendering myself to what I saw。

Naturally; I was di

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