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APPENDIX
Position
Detail
Particulars
Irene
Crown
edged with a row of reddish-violet glass and set with round whitish
stones alternating with gold tessellae. The lower middle section con-
tains a large jewel made of rose stone cubes edged with a single row of
burnt-sealing-wax-red glass at the top and both sides, and by a double
row at the bottom. The setting of this jewel and the other jewels in
the crown is gold. There are no gold claws in the settings. The upper
middle section contains a jewel a little smaller than that below it, made
with greyish-green glass edging lighter greyish-green tessellae. The
colours of the square and rectangular jewels in the upper row on either
side of the large frontal jewels are from right to left as follows: green,
bl ue, green, blue. The colours of the lower row are reversed. The green
jewels in these two rows are made by greyish-green glass centred with
a lighter value of the same colour; the blue jewels are of dark blue
centred with greyish-blue glass. In the lower right jewel of the crown
the dark blue tessellae do not continue on the left side but the lighter
greyish-blue glass of the centre of the jewel is used. The top of the
crown is made by alternating semicircular and triangular sections
formed by the same bands of whitish stone that outline the other
sections of the crown. The cross which surmounts on the gold back-
ground the upper central section is made of a burnt-sealing-wax-red
glass pear-shaped tessella for its lower limb, a round greyish-blue glass
tessella for the upper limb, and two round light greyish-green glass
tessellae for the horizontal limbs. Similar jewels adorn the top of the
crown between and above each of these semicircular and triangular
sections. The jewels set between the sections are represented by a pear-
shaped tessella with a round tessella placed above it and separated
from it by gold tessellae. These jewels from right to left are as follows:
lower tessella dark-blue glass, upper, burnt-sealing-wax-red glasss;
next jewels are: burnt-sealing-wax-red glass, and greyish-blue glass;
burnt-sealing-wax-red glass, and light greyish-green, and lower,
greyish-blue glass, with burnt-sealing-wax-red glass. The round glass
tessellae surmounting the centre of each semicircular and triangular
section are from right to left of the following colours: greyish-blue,
light greyish-green, greyish-blue, and light greyish-green.
At the left and the right sides of the neck adjacent to the curl and
separated from it on the left side by a row of gold tessellae belonging
to the background, are two rows of greenish-brown glass edging a
band of round white stones alternating with gold tessellae. Perhaps
they indicate the prependulia.
150
Veil
Over the hair at either side of the crown a veil is visible, made of rose
stone tessellae with the lines of the folds drawn in burnt-sealing-wax-
red glass.
151
Ear-rings
Each ear-ring is a large pear-shaped jewel of rose stone surrounded by
burnt-sealing-wax-red and framed by a single row of gold glass tessellae.
A lighter tone of this red is used in the right ear-ring. From the pear-
shaped jewel hang three pendants made of gold alternating with round
whitish stone tessellae.
152
Divitission
The collar of the divitission is of gold tessellae. The base of the collar
is a band of round whitish stone tessellae set in gold and edged above
and below with a row of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass. The three square
jewels set in the collar are from right to left: light greyish-green glass,
rose stone bordered with burnt-sealing-wax-red glass, and greyish-blue
APPENDIX
Position
Detail
Particulars
Irene
Crown
edged with a row of reddish-violet glass and set with round whitish
stones alternating with gold tessellae. The lower middle section con-
tains a large jewel made of rose stone cubes edged with a single row of
burnt-sealing-wax-red glass at the top and both sides, and by a double
row at the bottom. The setting of this jewel and the other jewels in
the crown is gold. There are no gold claws in the settings. The upper
middle section contains a jewel a little smaller than that below it, made
with greyish-green glass edging lighter greyish-green tessellae. The
colours of the square and rectangular jewels in the upper row on either
side of the large frontal jewels are from right to left as follows: green,
bl ue, green, blue. The colours of the lower row are reversed. The green
jewels in these two rows are made by greyish-green glass centred with
a lighter value of the same colour; the blue jewels are of dark blue
centred with greyish-blue glass. In the lower right jewel of the crown
the dark blue tessellae do not continue on the left side but the lighter
greyish-blue glass of the centre of the jewel is used. The top of the
crown is made by alternating semicircular and triangular sections
formed by the same bands of whitish stone that outline the other
sections of the crown. The cross which surmounts on the gold back-
ground the upper central section is made of a burnt-sealing-wax-red
glass pear-shaped tessella for its lower limb, a round greyish-blue glass
tessella for the upper limb, and two round light greyish-green glass
tessellae for the horizontal limbs. Similar jewels adorn the top of the
crown between and above each of these semicircular and triangular
sections. The jewels set between the sections are represented by a pear-
shaped tessella with a round tessella placed above it and separated
from it by gold tessellae. These jewels from right to left are as follows:
lower tessella dark-blue glass, upper, burnt-sealing-wax-red glasss;
next jewels are: burnt-sealing-wax-red glass, and greyish-blue glass;
burnt-sealing-wax-red glass, and light greyish-green, and lower,
greyish-blue glass, with burnt-sealing-wax-red glass. The round glass
tessellae surmounting the centre of each semicircular and triangular
section are from right to left of the following colours: greyish-blue,
light greyish-green, greyish-blue, and light greyish-green.
At the left and the right sides of the neck adjacent to the curl and
separated from it on the left side by a row of gold tessellae belonging
to the background, are two rows of greenish-brown glass edging a
band of round white stones alternating with gold tessellae. Perhaps
they indicate the prependulia.
150
Veil
Over the hair at either side of the crown a veil is visible, made of rose
stone tessellae with the lines of the folds drawn in burnt-sealing-wax-
red glass.
151
Ear-rings
Each ear-ring is a large pear-shaped jewel of rose stone surrounded by
burnt-sealing-wax-red and framed by a single row of gold glass tessellae.
A lighter tone of this red is used in the right ear-ring. From the pear-
shaped jewel hang three pendants made of gold alternating with round
whitish stone tessellae.
152
Divitission
The collar of the divitission is of gold tessellae. The base of the collar
is a band of round whitish stone tessellae set in gold and edged above
and below with a row of burnt-sealing-wax-red glass. The three square
jewels set in the collar are from right to left: light greyish-green glass,
rose stone bordered with burnt-sealing-wax-red glass, and greyish-blue