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apprenticeships。  Since  the  great  masters;  whom  Master  Osman  had  given

workshop  names;  now  worked  at  home;  this  room;  which  once  aroused

excessive reverence and delight in me; no longer seemed like the workshop of a

great  and  wealthy  sultan  but  merely  a  largish  room  in  some  secluded

caravansary in the remote mountains of the East。

Immediately  off  to  the  side;  before  a  long  counter;  I  saw  the  Head

Illuminator; Master Osman; for the first time in fifteen years; he seemed like

an apparition。 Whenever I contemplated illustrating and painting during my

travels; the great master would appear in my mind’s eye as if he were Bihzad

himself; now; in his white outfit and in the snow…white light falling through

the window facing the Hagia Sophia; he looked as though he’d long bee

one  of  the  spirits  of  the  Otherworld。  I  kissed  his  hand;  which  I  noticed  was

mottled; and I introduced myself。 I explained how my Enishte had enrolled me

here as a youth; but that I’d preferred a bureaucratic post and left。 I recounted

my years on the road; my time spent in Eastern cities in the service of pashas

as a clerk or treasurer’s secretary。 I told him how; working with Serhat Pasha

and  others;  I’d  met  calligraphers  and  illuminators  in  Tabriz  and  produced

books; how I’d spent time in Baghdad and Aleppo; in Van and Tiflis; and how

I’d seen many battles。

“Ah; Tiflis!” the great master said; as he gazed at the light from the snow…

covered  garden  filtering  through  the  oilskin  covering  the  window。  “Is  it

snowing there now?”

His demeanor befitted those old Persian masters who grew blind perfecting

their artistry; who; after a certain age; lived half…saintly; half…senile lives; and

about whom endless legends were told。 I straightaway saw in his jinnlike eyes

that  he  despised  my  Enishte  vehemently  and  that  he  was  furthermore

suspicious of me。 Even so; I explained how in the Arabian deserts snow didn’t

simply fall to the Earth; as it was now falling onto the Hagia Sophia; but onto

memories as well。 I spun a yarn: When it snowed on the fortress of Tiflis; the

washerwomen  sang  songs  the  color  of  flowers  and  children  hid  ice  cream

under their pillows for summer。

“Do tell me what those illuminators and painters illustrate in the countries

you’ve visited;” he said。 “What do they depict?”

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A dreamy…eyed young painter who was ruling out pages in the corner; lost

in revery; raised his head from his folding work desk along with the others in

the room and gave me a look that said; “Let this be your most honest answer。”

Many  of  these  craftsmen  didn’t  know  the  corner  grocer  in  their  own

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