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APPENDIX
Position
Detail
Particulars
John
Comnenos
Head
left wing of the nostril and continuing to a point at the left of the left
corner of the mouth.
Right cheek: below the dark line of the lower eyelashes there remain
two rows of ochre-yellow stone tessellae that taper into a point as they
reach the corner of the eye nearest the nose. Starting below and a little
to the right of the innermost point of the eye and continuing down
toward the middle of the edge of the cheek near the hair is a slightly
curving line of shell-pink stone, indicating the hollow under the eye.
Under it is a high light made by one row of whitish stone following
the line of the cheek-bone as it begins at the inner point of the eye and
curves out over the apple of the cheek near the hair. The flush as in the
left cheek is an oval section of colour. It is made of alternating rows of
shell-pink and rose stone. The darker lines of rose are smaller than the
shell-pink; the latter, near the hair, alternate with rows of light ochre-
yellow stone, which also surround this entire oval of the flush. The
plane between the flush and the nose to the inner point of the eye is
made of slightly varying tones of ochre-yellow and yellowish flesh-tinted
stone tessellae. There is a line of shell-pink stone running from the
right wing of the nose to the right corner of the mouth where the
moustache and beard meet, indicating a line of modelling in the face.
Above this line is the slightest suggestion of a high light made by a row
of whitish stone starting near the wing of the nose between the oval
flush of the cheek and the line of modelling below it and becoming
light ochre-yellow as it ends in the beard. From the right nostril
toward the right corner of the mouth following the slightly curved
flowing line of the moustache is a row of warm yellow stone tessellae
that becomes ochre-yellow as it nears the beard. The triangular section
between this line and the shell-pink line of modelling above it is
rendered in whitish and light ochre-yellow tones of stone. The joining
of the right cheek and the beard is made by lines of rose stone that start
from the centre of the cheek and continue down into the beard at an
angle toward the hair. The outline of the cheek against the hair is a
considerably damaged line of stone tessellae, sage-green at the joining
of the forehead, crown, and hair and becoming an olive-green at the
joining of the hair, cheek, and beard.
Moustache: the right side of the moustache is represented by three wavy
rows of olive-green glass tessellae. A greenish ochre-yellow row of
stone separates the upper line from the two lower rows. A fourth,
partly damaged row of olive-green glass begins just above the right
corner of the mouth under the outer ends of the three main rows. The
left side of the moustache is represented by four flowing rows running
from the tip of the nose to the beard. The upper row is olive-green,
the one under it is brown-black, and the two lower rows are again
olive-green glass. Two thin lines of brown-black are wedged between
the last two olive-green rows. These darker rows indicate the shadow
and the contours of the flowing moustache.
Mouth: the tessellae forming the mouth are missing except for one small
pointed rose stone in the extreme left corner of the lower lip and
two light reddish-brown stone tessellae in the extreme right corner
of the mouth forming the edge of the lower lip. From the paint
remaining on the setting-bed the line separating the lips is shown as
having been a row of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass, and the lower Up
to have been done in shades of rose and shell-pink stone.
Beard: the beard is made of alternating lines of olive-green glass and
narrower lines of blackest-brown glass. The olive-green lines become
APPENDIX
Position
Detail
Particulars
John
Comnenos
Head
left wing of the nostril and continuing to a point at the left of the left
corner of the mouth.
Right cheek: below the dark line of the lower eyelashes there remain
two rows of ochre-yellow stone tessellae that taper into a point as they
reach the corner of the eye nearest the nose. Starting below and a little
to the right of the innermost point of the eye and continuing down
toward the middle of the edge of the cheek near the hair is a slightly
curving line of shell-pink stone, indicating the hollow under the eye.
Under it is a high light made by one row of whitish stone following
the line of the cheek-bone as it begins at the inner point of the eye and
curves out over the apple of the cheek near the hair. The flush as in the
left cheek is an oval section of colour. It is made of alternating rows of
shell-pink and rose stone. The darker lines of rose are smaller than the
shell-pink; the latter, near the hair, alternate with rows of light ochre-
yellow stone, which also surround this entire oval of the flush. The
plane between the flush and the nose to the inner point of the eye is
made of slightly varying tones of ochre-yellow and yellowish flesh-tinted
stone tessellae. There is a line of shell-pink stone running from the
right wing of the nose to the right corner of the mouth where the
moustache and beard meet, indicating a line of modelling in the face.
Above this line is the slightest suggestion of a high light made by a row
of whitish stone starting near the wing of the nose between the oval
flush of the cheek and the line of modelling below it and becoming
light ochre-yellow as it ends in the beard. From the right nostril
toward the right corner of the mouth following the slightly curved
flowing line of the moustache is a row of warm yellow stone tessellae
that becomes ochre-yellow as it nears the beard. The triangular section
between this line and the shell-pink line of modelling above it is
rendered in whitish and light ochre-yellow tones of stone. The joining
of the right cheek and the beard is made by lines of rose stone that start
from the centre of the cheek and continue down into the beard at an
angle toward the hair. The outline of the cheek against the hair is a
considerably damaged line of stone tessellae, sage-green at the joining
of the forehead, crown, and hair and becoming an olive-green at the
joining of the hair, cheek, and beard.
Moustache: the right side of the moustache is represented by three wavy
rows of olive-green glass tessellae. A greenish ochre-yellow row of
stone separates the upper line from the two lower rows. A fourth,
partly damaged row of olive-green glass begins just above the right
corner of the mouth under the outer ends of the three main rows. The
left side of the moustache is represented by four flowing rows running
from the tip of the nose to the beard. The upper row is olive-green,
the one under it is brown-black, and the two lower rows are again
olive-green glass. Two thin lines of brown-black are wedged between
the last two olive-green rows. These darker rows indicate the shadow
and the contours of the flowing moustache.
Mouth: the tessellae forming the mouth are missing except for one small
pointed rose stone in the extreme left corner of the lower lip and
two light reddish-brown stone tessellae in the extreme right corner
of the mouth forming the edge of the lower lip. From the paint
remaining on the setting-bed the line separating the lips is shown as
having been a row of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass, and the lower Up
to have been done in shades of rose and shell-pink stone.
Beard: the beard is made of alternating lines of olive-green glass and
narrower lines of blackest-brown glass. The olive-green lines become