LIST OF PLATES
THE CHRIST OF THE DEESIS {Frontispiece, in colour)
I. TURKISH ARCHIVE IN SOUTH GALLERY IN 1934- INCISION FOR
SPIES MADE IN 1910-11
II. SCAFFOLD IN FRONT OF THE EAST FACE OF THE SOUTH-WEST PIER
IN THE SOUTH GALLERY
III. FIRST STAGE OF UNCOVERING
IV. PROGRESS OF UNCOVERING
V. DELTA METAL CRAMPS REPLACING OLD IRON NAILS UNDER VINE-
LEAF MOULDING
VI. PROGRESS OF UNCOVERING: TESTS THROUGH FOSSATI’S PLASTER
VII. PROGRESS OF UNCOVERING: FOSSATI’S IMITATION OF MARBLE
VIII. PROGRESS OF UNCOVERING: FOSSATI’S PLASTER COVERING
IX. CONSOLIDATION WITH PLASTER OF PANEL BETWEEN THE
FIGURES OF CHRIST AND ST. JOHN
X. CONSOLIDATION WITH COPPER WIRES
XL SECTION OF RENDERING BED UNDER REMOVED MARBLE
PANELLING
XII. PRESERVED RENDERING BED WITH TROWEL IMPRINTS
XIII. REINFORCED PLASTER USED AS PROTECTIVE FRAME ROUND
PRESERVED MOSAICS
XIV. GENERAL VIEW OF THE PANEL
XV. HEAD OF CHRIST IN PROCESS OF CONSOLIDATION
XVI. THE FIGURE OF CHRIST IN ITS PRESENT STATE
XVII. HEAD OF CHRIST
XVIII. FACE OF CHRIST
XIX. BLESSING HAND OF CHRIST
XX. THE BOOK OF THE GOSPELS
XXL FRAGMENT OF THE THRONE
XXII. HEAD OF THE MOTHER OF GOD IN PROCESS OF CONSOLIDATION
XXIII. HEAD OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
XXIV. FACE OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
XXV. HEAD OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST IN PROCESS OF CONSOLIDATION
XXVI. HEAD OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
XXVII. FACE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
XXVIII. FACE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST—DETAILS
THE CHRIST OF THE DEESIS {Frontispiece, in colour)
I. TURKISH ARCHIVE IN SOUTH GALLERY IN 1934- INCISION FOR
SPIES MADE IN 1910-11
II. SCAFFOLD IN FRONT OF THE EAST FACE OF THE SOUTH-WEST PIER
IN THE SOUTH GALLERY
III. FIRST STAGE OF UNCOVERING
IV. PROGRESS OF UNCOVERING
V. DELTA METAL CRAMPS REPLACING OLD IRON NAILS UNDER VINE-
LEAF MOULDING
VI. PROGRESS OF UNCOVERING: TESTS THROUGH FOSSATI’S PLASTER
VII. PROGRESS OF UNCOVERING: FOSSATI’S IMITATION OF MARBLE
VIII. PROGRESS OF UNCOVERING: FOSSATI’S PLASTER COVERING
IX. CONSOLIDATION WITH PLASTER OF PANEL BETWEEN THE
FIGURES OF CHRIST AND ST. JOHN
X. CONSOLIDATION WITH COPPER WIRES
XL SECTION OF RENDERING BED UNDER REMOVED MARBLE
PANELLING
XII. PRESERVED RENDERING BED WITH TROWEL IMPRINTS
XIII. REINFORCED PLASTER USED AS PROTECTIVE FRAME ROUND
PRESERVED MOSAICS
XIV. GENERAL VIEW OF THE PANEL
XV. HEAD OF CHRIST IN PROCESS OF CONSOLIDATION
XVI. THE FIGURE OF CHRIST IN ITS PRESENT STATE
XVII. HEAD OF CHRIST
XVIII. FACE OF CHRIST
XIX. BLESSING HAND OF CHRIST
XX. THE BOOK OF THE GOSPELS
XXL FRAGMENT OF THE THRONE
XXII. HEAD OF THE MOTHER OF GOD IN PROCESS OF CONSOLIDATION
XXIII. HEAD OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
XXIV. FACE OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
XXV. HEAD OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST IN PROCESS OF CONSOLIDATION
XXVI. HEAD OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
XXVII. FACE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
XXVIII. FACE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST—DETAILS