![]() The illustration for quatrain 9 really properly illustrates just the third line, 'Let Rustam lay about him as he will', rather than interprets the sense of the quatrain as a whole but it gave me the opportunity to depict the Persian hero, Rustam, from an episode of the Shahnameh in which he fights the dragon. I felt that it might serve for the metaphorical 'bird of time' of the quatrain. In some variations of its legends, it is said, like the phoenix, to consume itself in flames and rise again. ![]() In quatrain 7 is my depiction of the Huma bird, a creature of fortune who bestows kingship and flies without ever coming to rest. Quatrains 7 and 9 were where I did a bit of informed 'cheating' and drew on Persian mythology in creating the illustrations. There are some production details such as the actual binding and the decorative borders which are best seen on/in the book itself, and as soon as I have my copies, I will photograph those.Ī few notes regarding some of the illustrations: I still don't have my copies of the book yet (I was still signing and numbering the last of the etchings last week). I personally think that a number of these are among my best work so far. ![]() Please be advised that this is an image-intensive post, and there's a considerable deal of text, too. HimmapaanAs promised, here are all my illustrations for the Rubáiyát. ![]()
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