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whether  or  not  a  humble  bearing  required  one  to  do  so;  he’d  just  sign  his

name with a smile and a victorious flourish。

He  continued  bravely  down  the  path  I’d  set  him  on  and  mitted  to

paper  what  none  before  him  had  been  able  to。  Like  myself;  he  too  would

watch  master  glassblowers  turning  their  rods  and  blowing  glass  melted  in

ovens to make blue pitchers and green bottles; he saw the leather; needles and

wooden molds of the shoemakers who bent with rapt attention over the shoes

and  boots  they  made;  a  horse  swing  tracing  a  graceful  arc  during  a  holiday

festival;  a  press  squeezing  oil  from  seeds;  the  firing  of  our  cannon  at  the

enemy; and the screws and the barrels of our guns。 He saw these things and

painted them without objecting that the old masters of Tamerlane’s time; or

the legendary illustrators of Tabriz and Kazvin; hadn’t lowered themselves to

do so。 He was the first Muslim miniaturist to go to war and return safe and

sound; in preparation for the Book of Victories that he would later illustrate。 He

was  the  first  to  eagerly  study  enemy  fortresses;  cannon;  armies;  horses  with

bleeding  wounds;  injured  soldiers  struggling  for  their  lives  and  corpses—all

with the intent to paint。

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I recognize his work from his subject matter more than his style and from

his attention to obscure details more than his subject matter。 I could entrust

him with plete peace of mind to execute all aspects of a painting; from the

arrangement of pages and their position to the coloring of the most trivial

details。 In this regard; he has the right to succeed me as Head Illuminator。 But

he’s  so  ambitious  and  conceited;  and  so  condescending  toward  the  other

illustrators  that  he  could  never  manage  so  many  men;  and  would  end  up

losing   them   all。   Actually;   if   it   were   left   to   him;   with   his   incredible

industriousness;  he’d  simply  make  all  the  illustrations  in  the  workshop

himself。 If he put his mind to such a task; he could in fact succeed。 He’s a great

master。 He knows his craft。 He admires himself。 How nice for him。

When I visited him unannounced once; I caught him at work。 Resting upon

folding worktables; desks and cushions were all the pages he was working on:

illustrations for Our Sultan’s books; for me; for miserable costume books that

he dashed off for foolish European travelers eager to belittle us; one page of a

triptych he was making for a pasha who thought highly of himself; images to

be  pasted  in  albums;  pages  made  for  his  own  pleasure  and  even  a  vulgar

rendition  of  coitus。  Tall;  thin  Stork  was  flitting  from  one  illustration  to  the

next  like  a  bee  among  flowers;  singing  folk  songs;  tweaking  the  cheek  of  his

apprentice who was mixing paint and adding a ic twist to the painting he

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