Folia archeologica 23.

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

198 F. FÜLEP - Gy. DUMA Fig- 3 the remains of the walls of the cella trichora. Among the latter samples the uppermost have red colour (samples 1, 3, 5), three others immediately below, these were taken from the plaster layer of black painting (samples 2, 4, 6). These samples were regarded basic to the following comparative investigations. List of the samples tested: Group Л : Samples taken from the ivall paintings on the inner wall of the northern apse : 1

. layer below the red painting 2. layer below the black painting (below 1.) 3. layer below the red painting 4. layer below the black painting (below 3.) 5. layer below the red painting 6. layer below the black painting (below 5.) Group В : Fragments ofplaster covered bj a single colour and found during the excavations of 1922: 7. with green paint 8. with grayish-blue paint 9. with brownish-gray paint 10. with brown paint 11

. with black paint 12. with olive green paint 13. 50 millimetres below sample 12. 14. with bluish paint