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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.55207#0059
PARTICULARS OF COLOURS, MEASUREMENTS, ETC.
Position
Constantine
Monomachos
Detail
Head
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Particulars
rose tessellae below which, forming a triangle above the deep rose
outline of the frontal prominence, is a short row of greyish-rose inter-
sected by a bent line of light yellowish-grey. The left frontal pro-
minence is rendered by a line of deep rose curving from the bridge of
the nose to the outer tip of the brow. The whitest high light above the
brow is the third row in the transition from deep rose. The right
frontal prominence is rendered similarly except that the three rows
below it are in high light.
Eyes: the eyebrows are made of olive-brown glass tessellae. The tone of
the left eyebrow varies and grows heavier above the inner tip by a short
wedge-shaped line of dark reddish-brown. The hollow under the left
brow is rendered by a single line of greenish-grey ending at the lachry-
matory gland. Between the gland and the inner tip of the brow is a line
of three tessellae of the same colour. The hollow of the right eye is ren-
dered by a similar line, beginning at the lachrymatory gland and ending
at the outer corner of the eye. The fold of the upper eyelids is shown
by single lines of burnt-sealing-wax-red; the flesh of each lid is a curving
line of rose tessellae grading to a slight high light in the centre. The
upper eyelashes of each eye are a curving line of olive-brown tessellae;
below the last tessella of their inner tips are lachrymatory glands, shown
by rose tessellae. The pupils are represented by single circular glass tes-
sellae of blackest violet. The irises are composed of three curving lines,
the first a row of light greyish-blue, the next of olive-yellow, the final
of olive-brown tessellae. This outside row is followed by a curved line
composed of the whitish stone tessellae forming the high light of the eye.
The right side of each eyeball is shown by a triangular piece of white
stone. The left side of each eyeball is a small, grey tessella. The shade at
the lower edge of the eyeballs is a single curving line of greyish-rose.
The lower lashes are in one row of greenish-olive, followed by another
line of greyish-rose representing the shade under the eyes. For the left
eye this line extends from the lachrymatory gland to the outer corner;
for the right it is a short, crescent-shaped line below the shade.
Nose: the bridge of the nose is shown by a line of rose tessellae between
the brows, followed below by one of olive-brown tessellae representing
shade. The contour of the left side of the nose and its tip is drawn with
one row of burnt-sealing-wax-red tessellae ending at the right nostril,
represented by one rectangular and one small, triangular tessella of dark
reddish-brown. The shading of the left side of the ridge, continuing
the curved line of the shade under the brow, is shown by a line of
greyish-rose. A second line of greenish-grey begins at the lachrymatory
gland and ends against the last larger tessella of the greyish-rose. Begin-
ning at the sealing-wax-red contour line the ridge is rendered by three
parallel lines of rose marble grading from deep rose to highest rose high
light. The two lines of rose follow the red contour line as it turns at
the tip, and end above the nostril. The shade of the rounding of the
ridge back to the cheek is a line of yellow-olive extending from the
last tessella of the right brow to the inner tip of the wing. Next is a
parallel line of greenish-grey extending from the tip of the brow to
the outline of the wing and a third light greyish-yellow line going
from the lachrymatory gland to the outline of the wing. The latter is
rendered in greenish-grey tessellae surrounding the light rose flesh of
the wing.
Cheeks: Left cheek: under the shade below the left eye is a curving whitish
high light extending from the lachrymatory gland to the outer corner
of the eye. It also tapers down into the cheek parallel to the greenish-
Position
Constantine
Monomachos
Detail
Head
33
34
Particulars
rose tessellae below which, forming a triangle above the deep rose
outline of the frontal prominence, is a short row of greyish-rose inter-
sected by a bent line of light yellowish-grey. The left frontal pro-
minence is rendered by a line of deep rose curving from the bridge of
the nose to the outer tip of the brow. The whitest high light above the
brow is the third row in the transition from deep rose. The right
frontal prominence is rendered similarly except that the three rows
below it are in high light.
Eyes: the eyebrows are made of olive-brown glass tessellae. The tone of
the left eyebrow varies and grows heavier above the inner tip by a short
wedge-shaped line of dark reddish-brown. The hollow under the left
brow is rendered by a single line of greenish-grey ending at the lachry-
matory gland. Between the gland and the inner tip of the brow is a line
of three tessellae of the same colour. The hollow of the right eye is ren-
dered by a similar line, beginning at the lachrymatory gland and ending
at the outer corner of the eye. The fold of the upper eyelids is shown
by single lines of burnt-sealing-wax-red; the flesh of each lid is a curving
line of rose tessellae grading to a slight high light in the centre. The
upper eyelashes of each eye are a curving line of olive-brown tessellae;
below the last tessella of their inner tips are lachrymatory glands, shown
by rose tessellae. The pupils are represented by single circular glass tes-
sellae of blackest violet. The irises are composed of three curving lines,
the first a row of light greyish-blue, the next of olive-yellow, the final
of olive-brown tessellae. This outside row is followed by a curved line
composed of the whitish stone tessellae forming the high light of the eye.
The right side of each eyeball is shown by a triangular piece of white
stone. The left side of each eyeball is a small, grey tessella. The shade at
the lower edge of the eyeballs is a single curving line of greyish-rose.
The lower lashes are in one row of greenish-olive, followed by another
line of greyish-rose representing the shade under the eyes. For the left
eye this line extends from the lachrymatory gland to the outer corner;
for the right it is a short, crescent-shaped line below the shade.
Nose: the bridge of the nose is shown by a line of rose tessellae between
the brows, followed below by one of olive-brown tessellae representing
shade. The contour of the left side of the nose and its tip is drawn with
one row of burnt-sealing-wax-red tessellae ending at the right nostril,
represented by one rectangular and one small, triangular tessella of dark
reddish-brown. The shading of the left side of the ridge, continuing
the curved line of the shade under the brow, is shown by a line of
greyish-rose. A second line of greenish-grey begins at the lachrymatory
gland and ends against the last larger tessella of the greyish-rose. Begin-
ning at the sealing-wax-red contour line the ridge is rendered by three
parallel lines of rose marble grading from deep rose to highest rose high
light. The two lines of rose follow the red contour line as it turns at
the tip, and end above the nostril. The shade of the rounding of the
ridge back to the cheek is a line of yellow-olive extending from the
last tessella of the right brow to the inner tip of the wing. Next is a
parallel line of greenish-grey extending from the tip of the brow to
the outline of the wing and a third light greyish-yellow line going
from the lachrymatory gland to the outline of the wing. The latter is
rendered in greenish-grey tessellae surrounding the light rose flesh of
the wing.
Cheeks: Left cheek: under the shade below the left eye is a curving whitish
high light extending from the lachrymatory gland to the outer corner
of the eye. It also tapers down into the cheek parallel to the greenish-