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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.55207#0081
PARTICULARS OF COLOURS, MEASUREMENTS, ETC.
Position Detail
John Head
COMNENOS
120
121
Particulars
between the left eyelid and the left eyebrow is filled by three rows of
stone tessellae at the left and four on the right. The top and bottom
rows are of a light yellow flesh-tint and the two middle rows are lighter,
one being of a whitish tone indicating a high light. There is a more
pronounced high light in whitish stone just above the line of the upper
left eyelashes nearest the nose. The tessellae in the space between the
right upper eyelashes and eyebrow are almost entirely missing but the
painting on the setting-bed shows that there were five rows of tessellae
at the right of this space and three rows near the bridge of the nose,
in tonality much like the tessellae above the left eye. The iris of the
right eye is made by one circular row of dark olive-green glass tessellae.
The pupil itself is a round blue-black tessella. The lower circular row
of tessellae outlining the bottom of the iris is made of the same blue-
black glass. The white of the eye between the pupil and lower eyelashes
and to the left of the pupil is represented by light grey stone. The part
at the right of the pupil is made by whitish stone, and that next to the
upper eyelash is given by one row of very light green glass. The lower
eyelashes are shown by a single line in which a few dark olive-green
glass tessellae remain.
The tessellae of the left eye are almost entirely missing. A tiny rose stone
in the point of the left eye nearest the nose indicates the lachrymatory
gland.
Nose: that the outline of the left side and tip of the nose was a narrow
row of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass may still be seen by the setting-bed
and by the three remaining tessellae. This outline begins at the starting-
point of the left eyebrow, and ends with one blue-black glass tessella
indicating the outer point of the wing of the right nostril. Three sage-
green glass tessellae remain of a shadow line that ran along the right
side of the nose just to where the modelling of the wing of the right
nostril begins. The edge of the right nostril is given by one line of
shell-pink stone. It can be seen from the few remaining tessellae that
in the middle and in the tip of the nose along the right side of the ridge
were high lights. The left side of the ridge of the nose is rendered by
two lines of yellowish flesh-tinted stone and a darker line of shell-pink
stone at the right next to the burnt-sealing-wax-red outline of the nose.
Cheeks: Left cheek: the outline of the cheek against the hair is made with
ochre-yellow stone tessellae and greenish-brown glass ones at the join-
ing with the beard. There are six sage-green glass tessellae remaining
of a line that renders the right outline of the cheek near the burnt-
sealing-wax-red outline of the nose. The flesh tones to the left of the
nose are in varying values of yellowish flesh-tint. The tones of the cheek
tessellae become darker as they near the beard. | At the point of union
of the cheek and beard the tessellae are in tapering rows of ochre-
yellow stone alternating with wedge-shaped lines of rose stone. The
most prominent high light is a damaged row of whitish stone running
from the innermost point of the eye socket to the outer edge of the
cheek along the edge of the cheek-bone. There is another high light
on the apple of the cheek at the left near the hair separated from the
first high light by one row of yellowish flesh-tinted stone. The flush of the
cheek is shown by an oval-shaped section of stone tessellae of various
tones of rose and shell-pink. The deepest tone is a line of rose stone
outlining the right edge of this oval. The plane that runs from the
left nostril along the jaw-bone to the edge of the moustache and ends
in the beard is done in varying tones of light ochre-yellow stone. There
is the remnant of a row of shell-pink stone tessellae starting above the
Position Detail
John Head
COMNENOS
120
121
Particulars
between the left eyelid and the left eyebrow is filled by three rows of
stone tessellae at the left and four on the right. The top and bottom
rows are of a light yellow flesh-tint and the two middle rows are lighter,
one being of a whitish tone indicating a high light. There is a more
pronounced high light in whitish stone just above the line of the upper
left eyelashes nearest the nose. The tessellae in the space between the
right upper eyelashes and eyebrow are almost entirely missing but the
painting on the setting-bed shows that there were five rows of tessellae
at the right of this space and three rows near the bridge of the nose,
in tonality much like the tessellae above the left eye. The iris of the
right eye is made by one circular row of dark olive-green glass tessellae.
The pupil itself is a round blue-black tessella. The lower circular row
of tessellae outlining the bottom of the iris is made of the same blue-
black glass. The white of the eye between the pupil and lower eyelashes
and to the left of the pupil is represented by light grey stone. The part
at the right of the pupil is made by whitish stone, and that next to the
upper eyelash is given by one row of very light green glass. The lower
eyelashes are shown by a single line in which a few dark olive-green
glass tessellae remain.
The tessellae of the left eye are almost entirely missing. A tiny rose stone
in the point of the left eye nearest the nose indicates the lachrymatory
gland.
Nose: that the outline of the left side and tip of the nose was a narrow
row of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass may still be seen by the setting-bed
and by the three remaining tessellae. This outline begins at the starting-
point of the left eyebrow, and ends with one blue-black glass tessella
indicating the outer point of the wing of the right nostril. Three sage-
green glass tessellae remain of a shadow line that ran along the right
side of the nose just to where the modelling of the wing of the right
nostril begins. The edge of the right nostril is given by one line of
shell-pink stone. It can be seen from the few remaining tessellae that
in the middle and in the tip of the nose along the right side of the ridge
were high lights. The left side of the ridge of the nose is rendered by
two lines of yellowish flesh-tinted stone and a darker line of shell-pink
stone at the right next to the burnt-sealing-wax-red outline of the nose.
Cheeks: Left cheek: the outline of the cheek against the hair is made with
ochre-yellow stone tessellae and greenish-brown glass ones at the join-
ing with the beard. There are six sage-green glass tessellae remaining
of a line that renders the right outline of the cheek near the burnt-
sealing-wax-red outline of the nose. The flesh tones to the left of the
nose are in varying values of yellowish flesh-tint. The tones of the cheek
tessellae become darker as they near the beard. | At the point of union
of the cheek and beard the tessellae are in tapering rows of ochre-
yellow stone alternating with wedge-shaped lines of rose stone. The
most prominent high light is a damaged row of whitish stone running
from the innermost point of the eye socket to the outer edge of the
cheek along the edge of the cheek-bone. There is another high light
on the apple of the cheek at the left near the hair separated from the
first high light by one row of yellowish flesh-tinted stone. The flush of the
cheek is shown by an oval-shaped section of stone tessellae of various
tones of rose and shell-pink. The deepest tone is a line of rose stone
outlining the right edge of this oval. The plane that runs from the
left nostril along the jaw-bone to the edge of the moustache and ends
in the beard is done in varying tones of light ochre-yellow stone. There
is the remnant of a row of shell-pink stone tessellae starting above the