Chapter 02 · Ohrid School Registers
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Fresco Registers

1

Dark ground carries memory

Smoke-black plaster makes every cream surface read like a recovered fragment.

2

Gold stays patinated

Halos use tarnished Ohrid gold, held back from bright mosaic shine.

3

Cinnabar gives the argument

Agitated red folds mark the claim, while the body copy remains monastic.

4

Lake blue opens the vault

Ultramarine appears as a register block, not a clean postcard sky.