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Thus  we  brought  together  the  pages  of  two  illustrated  manuscripts;  one

that  was  being  pleted  secretly  and  the  other  openly;  two  books  with

different stories and subjects; illustrated in two distinct styles; that is; deceased

Enishte’s book and the Book of Festivities recounting our prince’s circumcision

ceremony; whose creation was under my control。 Black and I looked intently

wherever I moved my magnifying lens:

1。 In the pages of the Book of Festivities; we first studied the open mouth of

the fox whose pelt a master of the furrier’s guild; in a red caftan and purple

sash;  held  on  his  lap  as  the  guild  passed  before  Our  Sultan;  watching  the

parade  from  a  loge  made  specifically  for  the  event。  Unmistakably;  Olive  had

made  both  the  fox’s  teeth;  which  were  individually  distinguishable;  and  the

teeth in Enishte’s illustration of Satan; an ominous creature; half…demon and

half…giant; that appeared to have e from Samarkand。

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2。  On  a  particularly  joyous  day  of  the  festivities;  below  Our  Sultan’s  loge

overlooking  the  Hippodrome;  a  division  of  impoverished  frontier  ghazis

appeared in tattered clothes。 One of their lot made a plea: “My Exalted Sultan;

we; your heroic soldiers; fell captive as we fought the infidel in the name of our

religion and were only able to gain our freedom by leaving a number of our

brethren  behind  as  hostages;  that  is;  we  were  set  free  in  order  to  amass

ransom。 However; when we arrived back in Istanbul; we found everything so

expensive  that  we’ve  been  unable  to  collect  the  money  to  save  our  brethren

who languish as prisoners of the kaffirs。 We’re at the mercy of your aid。 Please

grant us gold or slaves that we might take back to exchange for their freedom。”

Stork clearly made the nails of the lazy dog off to the side—glaring with one

open eye at Our Sultan; at our poor; destitute ghazis and at the Persian and

Tatar  ambassadors  in  the  Hippodrome—as  well  as  the  nails  of  the  dog

occupying a corner of the scene depicting the adventures of the Gold Coin in

Enishte’s book。

3。  Among  the  jugglers  spinning  eggs  on  pieces  of  wood  and  turning

somersaults  before  Our  Sultan  was  a  bald  man  with  bare  calves  wearing  a

purple vest; who played a tambourine as he sat off to one side on a red carpet;

this  man  held  the  instrument  exactly  the  same  way  the  woman  held  a  large

brass  serving  tray  in  the  illustration  of  Red  in  Enishte’s  book:  doubtless  the

work of Olive。

4。 As the cooks’ guild pushed past Our Sultan; they were cooking stuffed

cabbage with meat and onions in a cauldron resting on a stove in their cart。

The  master  cooks  acpanying  the  cart  stood  on  pink  earth  resting  their

stew pots on blue stones; these stones were rendered by the same artist who

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