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APPENDIX
Position
Detail
Child
Head
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97
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Particulars
just from below the lobes of the right and left ears separates the locks
from the cheeks. The right lower curls are rendered by reddish-brown
stone next to the cheek outline, and golden-brown stone next to the
outer outline. The left lower curls are brownish-mauve near the cheek
and a lighter brown near the exterior outline.
Forehead: the forehead is outlined on the right by a row of light greenish-
brown glass, running from the lock in the centre of the forehead down
the tip of the chin. There are small triangular tessellae of the same
coloured glass filling the three inner points at the joining of each curve
of the blue-black hair outline. The left side of the forehead against the
hair outline is made of greenish-brown glass tessellae beginning at the
left of the lock in the centre of the forehead and continuing down
the entire left side of the face and neck. Next to this line also beginning
at the centre of the forehead in the middle of the curl are three curved
rows of rose stone tessellae. The row nearest the middle of the forehead
is the lightest, being a shell-pink and the other two, light rose. The
remainder of the forehead except for three high lights is rendered in
light brownish-white stone tessellae. The largest high light of two
curved rows of whitish stone in the middle of the forehead is separated
from the locks by two rows of light brownish-white stone. The other
two high lights are single curved lines placed just above each eyebrow.
Eyes: Right eye: the eyebrow is made by a row of reddish-brown
glass tessellae. The modelling of the hollow under the eyebrow and
over the eye is made by a row of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass tessellae
placed directly under the eyebrow. The outer end of this red line is
separated from the eyebrow by a line of light greenish-brown glass
that is wedged between the two. Between the red line of modelling
and the upper eyelash is another large row of this same light greenish-
brown glass extending from the inner to the outer points of the eye.
The upper eyelash is represented by a somewhat damaged line of blue-
black glass—the lower eyelash by a larger line, also partly damaged, of
the reddish-brown glass used in the eyebrow. The pupil of the eye is mis-
sing, but the painting on the setting-bed shows that it was made by a
single round tessclla of violet-black glass. The white of the eye is dam-
aged except for one small tessella of a whitish stone at the right of the eye.
Left eye: is represented in the same way as the right eye, only it is notice-
ably larger. The pupil is represented by one circular blue-black glass
tessella. The white of the eye is partly damaged and the remaining
part at the left side of the pupil is represented not by tessellae but by
plaster painted a light greyish-green. At the outside of the left eye is a
small narrow reddish-brown glass tessella pointing toward the temple.
Nose: the left edge and the tip of the nose are outlined in a partly
damaged line of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass. The right nostril is
shown by one tiny triangular blue-black glass tessella. The outside
point of the left nostril is given by a small burnt-sealing-wax-red glass
tessella. The bridge of the nose is represented by two small rows of
glass tessellae. The upper row is a light greenish and the under, a darker
greenish-brown. The ridge is made of two rows of stone to which a
third is added near the end of the nose. The row at the right is of
whitish stone. Following and next to the red outline of the nose is a
row of greenish-brown glass tessellae that is a continuation of the line
of tessellae just above the left upper eyelash. The right side of the nose
edging the right cheek is of light green which is a continuation of the
line of the right eyebrow and extends to the line of three greyish-white
stone tessellae that are just above the right nostril and form its wing.
APPENDIX
Position
Detail
Child
Head
96
97
98
Particulars
just from below the lobes of the right and left ears separates the locks
from the cheeks. The right lower curls are rendered by reddish-brown
stone next to the cheek outline, and golden-brown stone next to the
outer outline. The left lower curls are brownish-mauve near the cheek
and a lighter brown near the exterior outline.
Forehead: the forehead is outlined on the right by a row of light greenish-
brown glass, running from the lock in the centre of the forehead down
the tip of the chin. There are small triangular tessellae of the same
coloured glass filling the three inner points at the joining of each curve
of the blue-black hair outline. The left side of the forehead against the
hair outline is made of greenish-brown glass tessellae beginning at the
left of the lock in the centre of the forehead and continuing down
the entire left side of the face and neck. Next to this line also beginning
at the centre of the forehead in the middle of the curl are three curved
rows of rose stone tessellae. The row nearest the middle of the forehead
is the lightest, being a shell-pink and the other two, light rose. The
remainder of the forehead except for three high lights is rendered in
light brownish-white stone tessellae. The largest high light of two
curved rows of whitish stone in the middle of the forehead is separated
from the locks by two rows of light brownish-white stone. The other
two high lights are single curved lines placed just above each eyebrow.
Eyes: Right eye: the eyebrow is made by a row of reddish-brown
glass tessellae. The modelling of the hollow under the eyebrow and
over the eye is made by a row of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass tessellae
placed directly under the eyebrow. The outer end of this red line is
separated from the eyebrow by a line of light greenish-brown glass
that is wedged between the two. Between the red line of modelling
and the upper eyelash is another large row of this same light greenish-
brown glass extending from the inner to the outer points of the eye.
The upper eyelash is represented by a somewhat damaged line of blue-
black glass—the lower eyelash by a larger line, also partly damaged, of
the reddish-brown glass used in the eyebrow. The pupil of the eye is mis-
sing, but the painting on the setting-bed shows that it was made by a
single round tessclla of violet-black glass. The white of the eye is dam-
aged except for one small tessella of a whitish stone at the right of the eye.
Left eye: is represented in the same way as the right eye, only it is notice-
ably larger. The pupil is represented by one circular blue-black glass
tessella. The white of the eye is partly damaged and the remaining
part at the left side of the pupil is represented not by tessellae but by
plaster painted a light greyish-green. At the outside of the left eye is a
small narrow reddish-brown glass tessella pointing toward the temple.
Nose: the left edge and the tip of the nose are outlined in a partly
damaged line of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass. The right nostril is
shown by one tiny triangular blue-black glass tessella. The outside
point of the left nostril is given by a small burnt-sealing-wax-red glass
tessella. The bridge of the nose is represented by two small rows of
glass tessellae. The upper row is a light greenish and the under, a darker
greenish-brown. The ridge is made of two rows of stone to which a
third is added near the end of the nose. The row at the right is of
whitish stone. Following and next to the red outline of the nose is a
row of greenish-brown glass tessellae that is a continuation of the line
of tessellae just above the left upper eyelash. The right side of the nose
edging the right cheek is of light green which is a continuation of the
line of the right eyebrow and extends to the line of three greyish-white
stone tessellae that are just above the right nostril and form its wing.