Esrâr

Esrâr is most familiar as the plural of sırr: secrets. On this page, however, the same Ottoman spelling opens onto neighboring meanings around secrecy, concealment and even strange imaginings.

The ambiguity itself feels at home in Mestûr: what is hidden can change according to how it is read.

Original one-of-a-kind artwork from the Mestûr collection.
Iranian ink on an original 125-year-old Kâmus-ı Türkî page.
Page 108 · Middle column.

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