A Study of the Pigments and Cohesive Colour Layers of the Paintings in a Church from the Tenth to Thirteenth Centuries on the Plateau of Eski-Kermen
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2021

In 2018–2019, the excavations of an aisleless church dated from the tenth to thirteenth centuries and located in quarter II on the territory of a provincial Byzantine town atop of the plateau of Eski-Kermen discovered fragments of wall-plaster with polychrome painting. There are several shades of green, two shades of red, white (beige), yellow (ochre), and grey-brown colours. This paper presents the results of studies of the colour layer, determines pigments and cohesive colour components, and u