Art, Symbol & Imagination
Camaralzaman as an Astrologer: Edmund Dulac
Original caption: Camaralzaman as an Astrologer
Disguised as an astrologer, Camaralzaman approaches the Chinese court to cure the princess whom he has loved since their supernatural meeting. Badoura's father has promised her hand and half his kingdom to a successful healer, but has executed those who failed. The prince's remedy is not a horoscope: he sends back Badoura's ring with a declaration of love, allowing her to recognise him. Dulac's bridge scene shows the courtly approach to this dangerous test, transforming a familiar fairy-tale disguise into the means by which the separated lovers find one another.
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Edmund Dulac. "Camaralzaman as an Astrologer: Edmund Dulac" [source caption]. In Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights, Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1913, Hodder & Stoughton. Source scan leaf 57. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/badoura-astrologer
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Title from the printed caption. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Astrology is the prince's assumed role in the story; the description does not imply that astrology effects the cure.
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Edmund Dulac. Camaralzaman as an Astrologer: Edmund Dulac. Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights. Scan leaf 57. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/badoura-astrologer