Whittemore, Thomas [Editor]; Byzantine Institute of America [Contr.]: The mosaics of Haghia Sophia at Istanbul: preliminary report (3rd preliminary report): The imperial portraits of the south gallery: work done in 1935 and 1938 (Oxford: printed by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press for the Byzantine Institute, 1942)

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APPENDIX

Position
Detail
Particulars
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Child
Neck
The left outline of the neck is of three blue-black glass tessellae and ends
in two dark greenish-brown glass tessellae at the joining of the neck
and shoulders. The outline of the left cheek of brownish-green glass
tessellae runs down the left side of the face under the burnt-sealing-wax-
red line at the point of the chin. At the centre of the chin this brownish-
green line becomes sage-green and joins a similar green line of glass
tessellae that begins at the joining of the right cheek and neck and con-
tinues to a point in the middle of the throat just below the dark shadow
line made by four reddish-brown tessellae. Here the sage-green line
connects with two rows of brownish-green glass. The entire left side
of the neck is rendered in tessellae of this brownish-green glass.
The right outline of the neck is of blue-black tessellae. Next to this line
is one of sage-green glass. The line indicating the joining of the throat
and chest on the right is of sage-green glass tessellae, and on the left
of brownish-green glass. The high light on the right side of the neck is
in light brown flesh-tinted stone. The throat on the left just above where
it joins the chest is in three curved rows of stone—the right shell-pink,
the centre light rose, and the left dark rose. The tops of these hues are
made of large tessellae that taper into fine lines at the lower centre
of the throat.
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Chest
The chest is rendered in light brown-white tessellae. Just below the left
of the neck are two curved rows of stone—the left rose and the right
shell-pink. These rows are formed by large tessellae at the top that
taper into fine lines at the white edge of the chiton. To the right and
touching the line of union of the throat and chest is a slanting high light
of whitish stone tessellae which runs down to the white edge of the
chiton. At the right where the neck and cheek meet and next to the
line at the joining of throat and chest is a row beginning sage-green
and continuing to the chiton in greenish-brown glass.
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Hands
Left hand: the greatest width is 0-050 m. The fingers are outlined in
burnt-sealing-wax-red glass tessellae. Each finger is of two lines of
light brown stone tessellae. The tip of the thumb is damaged. The
upper edge near the base of the thumb has a double row of small shell-
pink stones next the red outline. The lower part of the first, middle,
and third fingers next the red outline is of two shell-pink stone cubes.
Right hand: length from middle finger to wrist, 0-075 m.; greatest width,
0-045 m- The hand is outlined in burnt-sealing-wax-red glass. A line
of greyish-green glass runs next the red outline along the under side
of the hand and wrist ending at the red outline of the thumb. Just above
this line is one of shell-pink stone. The rest of the wrist is made of
five light brown rows and two whitish stone rows. The tessellae in
the centre of the wrist are missing. Above the shell-pink line in the
lower part of the hand is one row of light brown stone. Above this is
another of greyish-green glass and one of shell-pink stone. These
two lines curve from near the lower joint of the thumb around and up,
ending at the red outline of the hand at the point of the wrist. Other
parts of the hand and each finger are made in two tones: whitish stones
indicating high light and light brown the shaded parts.
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Scroll
The scroll is made of ivory stone tessellae and is outlined in light green
glass.
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Feet
Left foot: width, 0-042 m. The foot is outlined in burnt-sealing-wax-red
glass tessellae. At the base of the red line separating each toe is one