Master Osman is the Head Illuminator of the royal workshop and the most senior and respected master miniaturist. He is a fierce defender of the traditional style of miniaturist painting and he dreads the encroachment of European influence. He hates Enishte and disapproves of the secret book. Butterfly, Stork, and Olive all profess to love him, despite the fact that he physically and sexually abused them during their apprenticeship. While Osman and Black are searching for clues about the murderer’s identity in the Royal Treasury, Osman uses the needle of the great master Bihzad to blind himself, just as Bihzad himself did 80 years earlier. He dies two years after going blind.
Master Osman Quotes in My Name is Red
The My Name is Red quotes below are all either spoken by Master Osman or refer to Master Osman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 51
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Hundreds of years hence, men looking at our world through the illustrations
we've made won't understand anything. Desiring to take a closer look, yet lacking the patience, they might feel the embarrassment, the joy, the deep pain and pleasure of observation I now feel as I examine pictures in this freezing treasury––but they'll never truly know.
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Master Osman Quotes in My Name is Red
The My Name is Red quotes below are all either spoken by Master Osman or refer to Master Osman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 51
Quotes
Hundreds of years hence, men looking at our world through the illustrations
we've made won't understand anything. Desiring to take a closer look, yet lacking the patience, they might feel the embarrassment, the joy, the deep pain and pleasure of observation I now feel as I examine pictures in this freezing treasury––but they'll never truly know.
Related Characters:
Master Osman (speaker)
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