Folia archeologica 23.

Ferenc Fülep – György Duma: Examinations of the Wall Paintings in the Cella Trichora of Pécs

CELLA TRICHORA OF PÉCS 21 I 0 X

y I0 ne Fi«. 8. of their organic medium content we have given the percentage proportion of three organic components considered characteristic. The quantity of the individual components is given in the percentage of organic matter content. The summary of the values thus obtained is given in Table VII (Fig. 8). From the graphic representation of the values given in the Table it becomes obvious that two painted layers of plaster above one another in the cella trichora can be definitely separated also on the basis of their organic medium content. It can be observed that the upper layer of plaster with red painting and the fragments of figures have close similarities according to their organic matter content. Of the figurative fragments sample 17 can be clearly isolated in this case too. Plaster fragments of one colour that have been almost identical with the upper painted layer of the cella trichora according to their inorganic components, though have great agreement in their organic ingredients, yet show differences that are not negligible. The difference is