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as Nuri turist, tood t my Enis me o investigate, or er Osman?
“Is Elegant tead?”
ts and screams of c faced tyard. Beloarted administering tinado to apprentices ed in ters, seizing an opportunity to mock to to ch.
“By time tices paint t off as our Master Osman ated,” said Nuri Effendi cautiously, “our brot Effendi, God er, Osman turist, ed Elegant Effendi to color t floor of tly in eac. ure rendering t square and s in tures, oto keep to bring merriment to the page.”
I noticed some pictures on a s of paper t an assistant left in a corner. ure for a Book of Victories, tion of a naval fleet o battle, but it ten, provoked trator to run off and c edly tracing identical stern didn’t even seem to float in t, tificiality, to do tern ter’s lack of skill. I sa ttern violently out of an old book ify, perer Osman e a lot.
o able, Nuri Effendi proudly stated t he finished a gilded royal insignia
for Our Sultan, y s to ensure t its recipient and ts being sent . I kneuous pas ent splendor of tan’s royal insignia.
Next, masterpieces t Jemal transcribed, completed and left be ily to avoid giving credence to opponents of color and decoration true art consisted of calligrap decorative illumination was simply a secondary means of adding emphasis.
Nas 1r te ended to repair from a version of tet of Nizami dating back to tamerlane’s sons; ture depicted a naked Shed.
A ninety-ter sixty years ago er Bizabriz and t t master of