DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.55207#0087
PARTICULARS OF COLOURS, MEASUREMENTS, ETC.
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Position
Irene
Detail
Head
138
139
140
141
142
Particulars
right eye, left corner of left eye, part of contour of right cheek, left
wing and tip of the nose.
Colours of face: the entire face is outlined by an uninterrupted row of
regular small dark brown glass tessellae. The general tone of the face
is light brownish-white flesh-tint with a flush shown on the cheeks and
tip of the chin. The modelling of the face is obtained by shell-pink
and different shades of rose stone tessellae and greenish-brown glass
tessellae.
Hair: tessellae are missing in the upper right curl near the forehead and
crown, also along the edges of each curl hanging on either side of the
face. The hair is outlined outside by burnt-sealing-wax-red glass
tessellae. The contours of the wavy hair and the curls hanging down
on either side of the face are regularly drawn in short broken lines of
the same burnt-sealing-wax-red glass. The lighted parts of the hair are
in alternating rows of light and darker golden-brown, which follow
the natural direction of wavy hair. Between the crown and the outline
of the forehead a line of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass joins the two parts
of the hair on either side of the face.
Forehead: at the left side next to and following the upper curve of the
dark brown outline beginning at a point above the pupil of the left
eye is a short line of rose-coloured stone. Below this line runs a shell-
pink row starting above the inner point of the left eye next to the outline
below the crown and continuing to the tip of the chin. The rest of
the forehead is in tones of light brown with high lights in whitish stone.
The darkest of these brownish tones is at the right temple and a line
in the middle of the forehead following the modelling of the forehead.
A high light in the middle of the forehead is of two lines of whitish
stone tessellae that taper into single pointed lines at either end. Another
high light in a single wavy line of the same whitish stone begins near
the outer end of the right eyebrow, and runs over the top of this
eyebrow across the forehead to the left eyebrow ending near the temple.
Above the bridge of the nose is a dark line composed of one large
greenish-brown and one small ochre-yellow tessella.
Eyes: The left eye: the eyebrow is of two fine lines: one of dark reddish-
brown glass tessellae and above it another line of golden-brown stone.
Directly below the eyebrows are two lines of the lightest shell-pink
stone which extend below the outer end of the eyebrow. Between
these lines and the rose stone line that marks the hollow above the
eyeball are rows of light-brown flesh-tinted stone tessellae. The upper
eyelid is made by two rows of a darker brown flesh-tint stone. The
upper eyelash is of darkest-brown glass. The lower eyelash is of dark
brown stone. The white of the eye is made by a line of grey stone just
below the upper eyelash; it is doubled at the right of the iris. At the
left of the iris, the white of the eye is of stone cubes of the lightest
nnkish-white; at the right of the iris the cubes are slightly darker
jrownish-white. The iris is surrounded by a row of dark reddish-
jrown glass. The pupil is one round black stone tessella. Between the
pupil and the outline of the iris is a circular row of grey stone.
Right eye: the parts of this eye and brow where the tessellae are not
missing are rendered in the same way as the left eye but in a slightly
darker tone of brownish flesh-tinted stone tessellae in the lines directly
above the rose stone line marking the hollow between the eyeball and
eyebrow. The lachrymatory gland is shown by two dark rose tessellae.
Nose: the left side of the bridge of the nose is outlined in a line of burnt-
sealing-wax-red glass continuing the line of the left eyebrow. This
77
Position
Irene
Detail
Head
138
139
140
141
142
Particulars
right eye, left corner of left eye, part of contour of right cheek, left
wing and tip of the nose.
Colours of face: the entire face is outlined by an uninterrupted row of
regular small dark brown glass tessellae. The general tone of the face
is light brownish-white flesh-tint with a flush shown on the cheeks and
tip of the chin. The modelling of the face is obtained by shell-pink
and different shades of rose stone tessellae and greenish-brown glass
tessellae.
Hair: tessellae are missing in the upper right curl near the forehead and
crown, also along the edges of each curl hanging on either side of the
face. The hair is outlined outside by burnt-sealing-wax-red glass
tessellae. The contours of the wavy hair and the curls hanging down
on either side of the face are regularly drawn in short broken lines of
the same burnt-sealing-wax-red glass. The lighted parts of the hair are
in alternating rows of light and darker golden-brown, which follow
the natural direction of wavy hair. Between the crown and the outline
of the forehead a line of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass joins the two parts
of the hair on either side of the face.
Forehead: at the left side next to and following the upper curve of the
dark brown outline beginning at a point above the pupil of the left
eye is a short line of rose-coloured stone. Below this line runs a shell-
pink row starting above the inner point of the left eye next to the outline
below the crown and continuing to the tip of the chin. The rest of
the forehead is in tones of light brown with high lights in whitish stone.
The darkest of these brownish tones is at the right temple and a line
in the middle of the forehead following the modelling of the forehead.
A high light in the middle of the forehead is of two lines of whitish
stone tessellae that taper into single pointed lines at either end. Another
high light in a single wavy line of the same whitish stone begins near
the outer end of the right eyebrow, and runs over the top of this
eyebrow across the forehead to the left eyebrow ending near the temple.
Above the bridge of the nose is a dark line composed of one large
greenish-brown and one small ochre-yellow tessella.
Eyes: The left eye: the eyebrow is of two fine lines: one of dark reddish-
brown glass tessellae and above it another line of golden-brown stone.
Directly below the eyebrows are two lines of the lightest shell-pink
stone which extend below the outer end of the eyebrow. Between
these lines and the rose stone line that marks the hollow above the
eyeball are rows of light-brown flesh-tinted stone tessellae. The upper
eyelid is made by two rows of a darker brown flesh-tint stone. The
upper eyelash is of darkest-brown glass. The lower eyelash is of dark
brown stone. The white of the eye is made by a line of grey stone just
below the upper eyelash; it is doubled at the right of the iris. At the
left of the iris, the white of the eye is of stone cubes of the lightest
nnkish-white; at the right of the iris the cubes are slightly darker
jrownish-white. The iris is surrounded by a row of dark reddish-
jrown glass. The pupil is one round black stone tessella. Between the
pupil and the outline of the iris is a circular row of grey stone.
Right eye: the parts of this eye and brow where the tessellae are not
missing are rendered in the same way as the left eye but in a slightly
darker tone of brownish flesh-tinted stone tessellae in the lines directly
above the rose stone line marking the hollow between the eyeball and
eyebrow. The lachrymatory gland is shown by two dark rose tessellae.
Nose: the left side of the bridge of the nose is outlined in a line of burnt-
sealing-wax-red glass continuing the line of the left eyebrow. This