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APPENDIX
Position
John
COMNENOS
116
117
118
119
Detail Particulars
Head Damaged parts: forehead above right eyebrow, middle part of right
eyebrow, side of right temple, upper part of cheek under right eye,
right corner of right eye, most of left eye, most of nose, part of left
cheek, mouth, parts of beard, part of left curl immediately below
crown, upper part of right curl by eye, middle of the left one, and ends
of both curls. The painted surface of the setting-bed made visible by
the fallen tessellae is preserved and shows the colours used to direct the
mosaicist. There is a yellowish-rose indicating rose stone tessellae,
light yellow for tones of yellowish-brown stone, brown for olive-
green tones of glass, reddish-brown for burnt-sealing-wax-red glass,
and brownish-black for blue-black glass tessellae. The average size of
the tessellae used in the face and beard varies from 0-002x0-004 m.
to 0-003 X 0-005 ni.
Colours of face and beard: the general outlines are rendered in violet-black
glass tessellae with a highly glazed surface. Burnt-sealing-wax-red
glass tessellae with the same highly glazed surface were used to outline
the nose. The shaded parts of the face are in tones of rose marble and
variations of ochre-yellow stone; the lighted parts are in light yellow
flesh-tinted stone and shell-pink marble tessellae; and the high lights are
in a whitish stone. The beard is in two tones of greenish-brown and
olive-green translucent glass, and the lines of shadow in the beard are in
blackest-brown glass with a less shiny surface than the other dark-toned
tessellae used at the outline of either side of the face against the hair.
Hair: the outline of the hair from the crown to the collar along both
sides of the face is made by a row of blue-black glass. The lighted parts
of the hair are rendered by glass tessellae of an olive-green tone.
Undulating lines of blue-black glass indicate the contours of the curls.
Forehead: belo w the edge of the crown is a fine line of small glass tessellae
of a reddish-violet colour indicating the outline of the crown on the
forehead. The flesh tones of the forehead are given in ochre-yellow and
light yellow flesh-tint stone. The modelling of the forehead is shown by
curved lines of shell-pink stone. Two of these lines start at the bridge
of the nose, one ends above the outside point of the left eye, the other-
a longer curve—ends on a line with the outside edge of the right cheek-
bone. Above the bridge of the nose in the centre of the forehead is
another smaller fine curved line—an inverted arc—of shell-pink stone.
Other indications of modelling are made by high lights of curved lines
of whitish stone tessellae over and following the brows. There are also
two lines of whitish stone high lights separated by a line of light yellow
flesh-tinted stone between the shell-pink shadow line in the middle of
the forehead and the lower edge of the crown. The shadow on the
right side at the joining of the forehead and the hair is indicated by a
damaged line of sage-green glass that follows the contour of the face
as far down as to be on a line with the mouth. The end of this line
is of olive-green glass indicating the beginning of the beard. The
shaded part of the left side of the forehead is made by a row of ochre-
yellow stone tessellae.
Eyes: the eyebrows are rendered by two rows of glass tessellae; the upper
is olive-green, the lower blue-black. The upper eyelashes are indicated
by a curved line of blue-black glass. Two curved rows of stone tessellae
mark the eyelids—the one nearest the eye being a light yellow flesh-
tint, and the other a rose. These lines, from which several tessellae are
missing, run from the inner to the outer points of the eyes. The shadow
between the eye and the eyebrow is given by a thin line of rose stone,
placed directly above the two rows indicating the eyehd. The space
APPENDIX
Position
John
COMNENOS
116
117
118
119
Detail Particulars
Head Damaged parts: forehead above right eyebrow, middle part of right
eyebrow, side of right temple, upper part of cheek under right eye,
right corner of right eye, most of left eye, most of nose, part of left
cheek, mouth, parts of beard, part of left curl immediately below
crown, upper part of right curl by eye, middle of the left one, and ends
of both curls. The painted surface of the setting-bed made visible by
the fallen tessellae is preserved and shows the colours used to direct the
mosaicist. There is a yellowish-rose indicating rose stone tessellae,
light yellow for tones of yellowish-brown stone, brown for olive-
green tones of glass, reddish-brown for burnt-sealing-wax-red glass,
and brownish-black for blue-black glass tessellae. The average size of
the tessellae used in the face and beard varies from 0-002x0-004 m.
to 0-003 X 0-005 ni.
Colours of face and beard: the general outlines are rendered in violet-black
glass tessellae with a highly glazed surface. Burnt-sealing-wax-red
glass tessellae with the same highly glazed surface were used to outline
the nose. The shaded parts of the face are in tones of rose marble and
variations of ochre-yellow stone; the lighted parts are in light yellow
flesh-tinted stone and shell-pink marble tessellae; and the high lights are
in a whitish stone. The beard is in two tones of greenish-brown and
olive-green translucent glass, and the lines of shadow in the beard are in
blackest-brown glass with a less shiny surface than the other dark-toned
tessellae used at the outline of either side of the face against the hair.
Hair: the outline of the hair from the crown to the collar along both
sides of the face is made by a row of blue-black glass. The lighted parts
of the hair are rendered by glass tessellae of an olive-green tone.
Undulating lines of blue-black glass indicate the contours of the curls.
Forehead: belo w the edge of the crown is a fine line of small glass tessellae
of a reddish-violet colour indicating the outline of the crown on the
forehead. The flesh tones of the forehead are given in ochre-yellow and
light yellow flesh-tint stone. The modelling of the forehead is shown by
curved lines of shell-pink stone. Two of these lines start at the bridge
of the nose, one ends above the outside point of the left eye, the other-
a longer curve—ends on a line with the outside edge of the right cheek-
bone. Above the bridge of the nose in the centre of the forehead is
another smaller fine curved line—an inverted arc—of shell-pink stone.
Other indications of modelling are made by high lights of curved lines
of whitish stone tessellae over and following the brows. There are also
two lines of whitish stone high lights separated by a line of light yellow
flesh-tinted stone between the shell-pink shadow line in the middle of
the forehead and the lower edge of the crown. The shadow on the
right side at the joining of the forehead and the hair is indicated by a
damaged line of sage-green glass that follows the contour of the face
as far down as to be on a line with the mouth. The end of this line
is of olive-green glass indicating the beginning of the beard. The
shaded part of the left side of the forehead is made by a row of ochre-
yellow stone tessellae.
Eyes: the eyebrows are rendered by two rows of glass tessellae; the upper
is olive-green, the lower blue-black. The upper eyelashes are indicated
by a curved line of blue-black glass. Two curved rows of stone tessellae
mark the eyelids—the one nearest the eye being a light yellow flesh-
tint, and the other a rose. These lines, from which several tessellae are
missing, run from the inner to the outer points of the eyes. The shadow
between the eye and the eyebrow is given by a thin line of rose stone,
placed directly above the two rows indicating the eyehd. The space