DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.55208#0048
TECHNICAL PARTICULARS OF PANEL
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Detail
Position
Christ
Face
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7
Particulars
half-shade and, above the forehead, in shade. On this side the locks are
outlined with green-olive glass tessellae. On each lock the lighted parts
are made of stone-light ochre tessellae and half-shades of light green-olive
glass tessellae. The deepness of the colour of the rows outlining the locks
as well as of the rows forming the half-shades varies, but the tessellae in
the rows for high lights are uniform because of their composition (stone).
Under the left ear the locks are made of darker tone of green-olive glass
tessellae; they are outlined with ivory-black and violet glass tessellae, and
the lighted part is indicated in brown ochre.
On the left (t.t.o.) shaded side, the high hghts of the locks are in brown
ochre; they form shorter rows than on the other side of the head, and
among them are rows of sage-green glass tessellae forming the tone next
to the high lights, whilst dark violet ones form the deepest tones.
The original plaster was covered with a layer of wax at the time of the
reparation of the panel and was left at some places without tessellae.
Where the wax has fallen, an olive-green is seen painted over the paler
earth-green of the original fresco.
A narrow ragged fissure in the plaster at the parting of the hair suggests the
joining of the earlier layer of plaster with the new.
Forehead: retreating part is in olive-grey of three tones on the right side. Same
colours are used on the left side, but in a more complicated way. The
succession of colours of cubes from the outline of the hair towards the
high lights of the forehead is as follows: two rows of olive-brown, a
row of lighter olive with a few olive-brown cubes, three rows where
olive alternates with lighter grey-olive, one row of olive-grey of lighter
tone alternating with rose, a row of very light silver-olive ending wedge-
like towards the middle of the forehead, two long rows and a short one
of ochre. The rest of the forehead is composed of light sand-grey and
whitish-grey marble tessellae lined with pale ochre warmed by light rose.
Short blade-like lines of white tessellae express the high lights above the
brows, nose, and the frontal prominences.
The shadow above the bridge of the nose consists of four curves of olive-
grey cubes. The lower row is of a deeper tone. Into these lines the lightest
olive rows above the eyebrows entering this shadow mingle in similar
forms. Above the brows the superciliary arches are marked by two olive
rows: darker in the middle and of a lighter tone on both sides.
Eyebrows: two rows of olive-green glass tessellae, in two tones, the darker
below the lighter.
Eyes: right upper lid: under the brow is a row of greenish-olive tessellae
broadening to three rows at the right, below that is the outline of the lid
in olive-brown and two rows representing the lid: the upper row is in
rose shading towards light-olive grey near the nose, the lower row is
yellowish-sand-grey at the right, yellowish-rosy-white in the middle, and
rose near the nose. Between the upper row and the outhne is a short row
of olive of a darker tone.
Left upper lid: under the brow is a row of greenish-olive tessellae broaden-
ing to three rows at the left, below that is the outline of the upper lid in
olive-brown and two rows representing the lid: the upper row is in rose
shading towards a warm tone of olive near the nose, the lower row is
yellowish-rosy-white in the middle and light olive-grey at either
end.
The upper eyelashes are, in the centre, dark brown, almost black, and at the
ends ohve-brown (of a little lighter hue at the outer end).
The outline of the lower lids is in green-olive—darker towards the lachrymal
gland of the right eye, lighter towards that of the left eye. The hollows
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Detail
Position
Christ
Face
6
7
Particulars
half-shade and, above the forehead, in shade. On this side the locks are
outlined with green-olive glass tessellae. On each lock the lighted parts
are made of stone-light ochre tessellae and half-shades of light green-olive
glass tessellae. The deepness of the colour of the rows outlining the locks
as well as of the rows forming the half-shades varies, but the tessellae in
the rows for high lights are uniform because of their composition (stone).
Under the left ear the locks are made of darker tone of green-olive glass
tessellae; they are outlined with ivory-black and violet glass tessellae, and
the lighted part is indicated in brown ochre.
On the left (t.t.o.) shaded side, the high hghts of the locks are in brown
ochre; they form shorter rows than on the other side of the head, and
among them are rows of sage-green glass tessellae forming the tone next
to the high lights, whilst dark violet ones form the deepest tones.
The original plaster was covered with a layer of wax at the time of the
reparation of the panel and was left at some places without tessellae.
Where the wax has fallen, an olive-green is seen painted over the paler
earth-green of the original fresco.
A narrow ragged fissure in the plaster at the parting of the hair suggests the
joining of the earlier layer of plaster with the new.
Forehead: retreating part is in olive-grey of three tones on the right side. Same
colours are used on the left side, but in a more complicated way. The
succession of colours of cubes from the outline of the hair towards the
high lights of the forehead is as follows: two rows of olive-brown, a
row of lighter olive with a few olive-brown cubes, three rows where
olive alternates with lighter grey-olive, one row of olive-grey of lighter
tone alternating with rose, a row of very light silver-olive ending wedge-
like towards the middle of the forehead, two long rows and a short one
of ochre. The rest of the forehead is composed of light sand-grey and
whitish-grey marble tessellae lined with pale ochre warmed by light rose.
Short blade-like lines of white tessellae express the high lights above the
brows, nose, and the frontal prominences.
The shadow above the bridge of the nose consists of four curves of olive-
grey cubes. The lower row is of a deeper tone. Into these lines the lightest
olive rows above the eyebrows entering this shadow mingle in similar
forms. Above the brows the superciliary arches are marked by two olive
rows: darker in the middle and of a lighter tone on both sides.
Eyebrows: two rows of olive-green glass tessellae, in two tones, the darker
below the lighter.
Eyes: right upper lid: under the brow is a row of greenish-olive tessellae
broadening to three rows at the right, below that is the outline of the lid
in olive-brown and two rows representing the lid: the upper row is in
rose shading towards light-olive grey near the nose, the lower row is
yellowish-sand-grey at the right, yellowish-rosy-white in the middle, and
rose near the nose. Between the upper row and the outhne is a short row
of olive of a darker tone.
Left upper lid: under the brow is a row of greenish-olive tessellae broaden-
ing to three rows at the left, below that is the outline of the upper lid in
olive-brown and two rows representing the lid: the upper row is in rose
shading towards a warm tone of olive near the nose, the lower row is
yellowish-rosy-white in the middle and light olive-grey at either
end.
The upper eyelashes are, in the centre, dark brown, almost black, and at the
ends ohve-brown (of a little lighter hue at the outer end).
The outline of the lower lids is in green-olive—darker towards the lachrymal
gland of the right eye, lighter towards that of the left eye. The hollows