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ground?” I said apologetically。

“As  Jemalettin  of  Kazvin  wrote  in  his  The  Illustration  of  Horses;  one  can

properly  plete  a  picture  of  a  horse  beginning  from  its  hoof  only  if  he

carries the entire horse in his memory。 Obviously; to render a horse through

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excessive  thought  and  recollection;  or  even  more  ridiculous;  by  repeatedly

looking at a real horse; one would have to move from head to neck and then

neck to body。 I hear there are certain Veian illustrators who are happy to

sell tailors and butchers such pictures of your average street packhorse drawn

indecisively by trial and error。 Such an illustration has nothing whatsoever to

do with the meaning of the world or with the beauty of God’s creation。 But

I’m  convinced  that  even  mediocre  artists  must  know  a  genuine  illustration

isn’t  drawn  according  to  what  the  eye  sees  at  any  particular  moment;  but

according to what the hand remembers and is accustomed to。 The painter is

always alone before the page。 Solely for this reason he’s always dependent on

memory。  Now;  there’s  nothing  left  for  us  to  do  but  use  the  ”courtesan

method‘ to uncover the hidden signature borne by our horse; which has been

drawn  from  memory  through  the  quick  and  skillful  movement  of  the  hand。

Take a careful look here。“

He  was  ever  so  slowly  moving  the  magnifying  lens  over  the  spectacular

horse as if he were trying to discover the location of a treasure on an old map

meticulously rendered on calfskin。

“Yes;” I said; like a disciple overe by the pressure to make a quick and

brilliant  discovery  that  would  impress  his  master。  “We  could  pare  the

colors and embroidery of the saddle blanket to those in the other pictures。”

“My  master  miniaturists  wouldn’t  even  deign  to  lower  a  brush  to  these

designs。  Apprentices  draw  the  clothes;  carpets  and  blankets  in  the  pictures。

Perhaps the late Elegant Effendi might’ve done them。 Forget them。”

“What about the ears?” I said in a fluster。 “The ears of the horses…”

“No。 These ears haven’t changed form since the time of Tamerlane; they’re

just like the leaves of reeds; which we well know。”

I  was  about  to  say;  “What  about  the  braiding  of  the  mane  and  the

depiction of every strand of its hair;” but I fell silent; not at all amused by this

master…apprentice game。 If I’m the apprentice; I ought to know my place。

“Take a look here;” said Master Osman with the distressed yet attentive air

of a doctor pointing out a plague pustule to a colleague。 “Do you see it?”

He’d  moved  the  magnifying  lens  over  the  horse’s  head  and  was  slowly

pulling it away from the surface of the picture。 I lowered my head to better see

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