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The  “survey”  was  a  regular  ritual  of  Our  Sultan’s  bimonthly  visits  to  the

miniaturists’ atelier during that exciting time when His Excellency had intently

followed what transpired at the workshop。 Under the auspices of Haz?m; the

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Head Treasurer; Lokman; the Head Poetic Chronicler and Master Osman; the

Head  Illuminator;  Our  Sultan  would  be  apprised  of  which  pages  in  which

books  the  masters  were  working  on  at  any  given  moment:  who  did  which

gilding;  who  colored  which  picture;  and  one  by  one;  how  the  colorists;  the

page  rulers;  the  gilders  and  the  master  miniaturists;  whose  talent  allowed

them  to  acplish  miracles;  were  engaged。  It  saddened  me  that  they  were

holding  a  fake  ceremony  in  place  of  the  one  that  was  no  longer  performed

because age and ill health bound the Head Poetic Chronicler Lokman Effendi;

who  wrote  most  of  the  books  which  were  illustrated;  to  his  home;  because

Master Osman often disappeared in a cloud of indignation and wrath; because

the four masters known as Butterfly; Olive; Stork and Elegant worked at home;

and  because  Our  Sultan  no  longer  waxed  enthusiastic  like  a  child  in  the

workshop。 As happened to many miniaturists; Nuri Effendi had grown old in

vain; without having fully experienced life or bee a master of his art。 Not

in  vain;  however;  did  he  spend  those  years  over  his  worktable  being

hunchbacked:  He  always  paid  close  attention  to  what  happened  in  the

workshop; to who made which exquisite page。

And so I eagerly beheld for the first time the legendary pages of the Book of

Festivities;  which  recounted  the  circumcision  ceremonies  of  Our  Sultan’s

prince。  When  I  was  still  in  Persia;  I  heard  stories  about  this  fifty…two…day

circumcision ceremony wherein people from all occupations and all guilds; all

of   Istanbul;   had   participated;   indeed   at   a   time   when   the   book   that

memorialized the great event was yet being prepared。

In  the  first  picture  placed  before  me;  fixed  in  the  royal  enclosure  of  late

Ibrahim Pasha’s palace; Our Sultan; the Refuge of the World; gazed upon the

festivities in the Hippodrome below with a look that bespoke His satisfaction。

His face; even though not so detailed as to permit one to distinguish Him from

others  by  features  alone;  was  drawn  adeptly  and  with  reverence。  As  for  the

right side of the double…leaf picture showing Our Sultan on the left; there were

viziers; pashas; Persian; Tatar; Frankish and Veian ambassadors standing in

the arched colonnades and windows。 Because they were not sultans; their eyes

were drawn hastily and carelessly and focused on nothing in particular besides

the general motion in the square。 Later; I noticed in other pictures that the

same  arrangement  and  page  position  repeated—even  though  the  wall

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