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APPENDIX
Position
Detail
Christ
Face
8
Particulars
under the lower lids arc made of light grey, olive of two tones, and palest
ochre tessellae.
The right pupil is formed by a semicircular dark brown, almost black
cube with a narrow cube of the same colour above. The left pupil is also
semicircular and is of the same colour; its height is, however, smaller than
in the right eye. The space between this pupil and the inner row of the
iris is filled with plaster painted grey and is the original fresco.
Irides: the inner semicircle is olive-grey, the outer semicircle olive-brown,
darkest at the outer end, lighter near the lachrymal of the left eye. The
iris of the left eye is damaged: four tessellae are missing, but the fresco
remains and the loss is minimized.
Eyeballs. Right eye: the lighted side is of light grey-green tessellae and the
high light of white tessellae; the shaded side is of two green-olive tones,
darkest near the lachrymal gland. Between the eyeball and the upper
eyelash, above the lachrymal, is a short row of rose tessellae. One row
of the same colour is set above the outline of the lower lid. The eyeball
of the left eye has on its lighted side a high light almost white surrounded
from below by a row of ochre. A short row of rose tessellae is near the
lachrymal; the rest of the eyeball is green-olive. Three rose tessellae are
placed between the eyeball and upper lashes.
The lachrymal glands consist of three dark rose tessellae above which are two
of lighter rose in the right eye. Three rose tessellae and one darker below
them mark the gland of the left eye.
Nose: the high light is one line of almost white marble tessellae ending
at the tip in two short curving rows of seven tessellae.
It is interesting to compare this treatment with seven cubes with the earlier
use of one large tessella of the same shape.
To the right the olive-brown outline is separated from the high light by
a row of cubes varying in tone through light grey, light olive-green, light
ohve-grey glass, and pale rose; to the left of the high light three tones of
rose deepen to the olive-brown outline. The tip of the nose is in brown-
red outline, followed upwards by rows of dark rose, light rose, very light
yellowish-rose. The right wing has a dark rose outline followed by a
lighter rose and yellowish-white-rose with greyish-white. The left wing
is of olive, greyish-ohve, yellowish-olive to a dark rose outline. Only the
left nostril is seen in one cube of olive-brown.
Cheeks: the lighted parts of the cheeks are made of light grey marble
tessellae and of light ochre of the same tone. Near the nose the grey tones
deepen.
The flush on the left cheek is made of rose tessellae in three tones, set aslant
in short, narrow blades, with their upper ends penetrating in wedges into
the rows of ochre tessellae, their lower ends entering the sage-green and
green-olive of the shaded parts of the cheek. The flush covers the whole
cheek in soft intermingling of lights and shades.
On the right cheek the flush covers only the right part of the cheek-bone.
It is of rows of light ochre and light rose tessellae; the ochre tessellae are
larger, the rose are less than half as wide as the ochre. Towards the lower
part of the flush the ochre tessellae are only at the outer side, the inner
side being alternating lines of dark and light rose which, with their lower
ends, enter in wedges the sage-green shade of the cheeks. The lighted
part of the cheeks is made of grey tessellae of two tones.
White high lights are put on both sides of the eye-socket; on the inner sides
the high light starts from the lachrymal gland; a little below it there is
another high light separated from the former by one row of light grey
tessellae. On the lighted part of the right cheek-bone, four short rows of
APPENDIX
Position
Detail
Christ
Face
8
Particulars
under the lower lids arc made of light grey, olive of two tones, and palest
ochre tessellae.
The right pupil is formed by a semicircular dark brown, almost black
cube with a narrow cube of the same colour above. The left pupil is also
semicircular and is of the same colour; its height is, however, smaller than
in the right eye. The space between this pupil and the inner row of the
iris is filled with plaster painted grey and is the original fresco.
Irides: the inner semicircle is olive-grey, the outer semicircle olive-brown,
darkest at the outer end, lighter near the lachrymal of the left eye. The
iris of the left eye is damaged: four tessellae are missing, but the fresco
remains and the loss is minimized.
Eyeballs. Right eye: the lighted side is of light grey-green tessellae and the
high light of white tessellae; the shaded side is of two green-olive tones,
darkest near the lachrymal gland. Between the eyeball and the upper
eyelash, above the lachrymal, is a short row of rose tessellae. One row
of the same colour is set above the outline of the lower lid. The eyeball
of the left eye has on its lighted side a high light almost white surrounded
from below by a row of ochre. A short row of rose tessellae is near the
lachrymal; the rest of the eyeball is green-olive. Three rose tessellae are
placed between the eyeball and upper lashes.
The lachrymal glands consist of three dark rose tessellae above which are two
of lighter rose in the right eye. Three rose tessellae and one darker below
them mark the gland of the left eye.
Nose: the high light is one line of almost white marble tessellae ending
at the tip in two short curving rows of seven tessellae.
It is interesting to compare this treatment with seven cubes with the earlier
use of one large tessella of the same shape.
To the right the olive-brown outline is separated from the high light by
a row of cubes varying in tone through light grey, light olive-green, light
ohve-grey glass, and pale rose; to the left of the high light three tones of
rose deepen to the olive-brown outline. The tip of the nose is in brown-
red outline, followed upwards by rows of dark rose, light rose, very light
yellowish-rose. The right wing has a dark rose outline followed by a
lighter rose and yellowish-white-rose with greyish-white. The left wing
is of olive, greyish-ohve, yellowish-olive to a dark rose outline. Only the
left nostril is seen in one cube of olive-brown.
Cheeks: the lighted parts of the cheeks are made of light grey marble
tessellae and of light ochre of the same tone. Near the nose the grey tones
deepen.
The flush on the left cheek is made of rose tessellae in three tones, set aslant
in short, narrow blades, with their upper ends penetrating in wedges into
the rows of ochre tessellae, their lower ends entering the sage-green and
green-olive of the shaded parts of the cheek. The flush covers the whole
cheek in soft intermingling of lights and shades.
On the right cheek the flush covers only the right part of the cheek-bone.
It is of rows of light ochre and light rose tessellae; the ochre tessellae are
larger, the rose are less than half as wide as the ochre. Towards the lower
part of the flush the ochre tessellae are only at the outer side, the inner
side being alternating lines of dark and light rose which, with their lower
ends, enter in wedges the sage-green shade of the cheeks. The lighted
part of the cheeks is made of grey tessellae of two tones.
White high lights are put on both sides of the eye-socket; on the inner sides
the high light starts from the lachrymal gland; a little below it there is
another high light separated from the former by one row of light grey
tessellae. On the lighted part of the right cheek-bone, four short rows of