0 0 9 , ▁Thomas ▁Haus child ▁accompanied ▁the ▁famous ▁art ▁historian ▁Hans ▁Bel ting ▁( Order ▁Pour ▁le ▁M ér ite ▁of ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences , ▁Berlin ▁and ▁D umb art on ▁O aks ▁Institute , ▁Harvard ▁U .) ▁to ▁R ip ac and ida . ▁On ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁" Pro ▁Loc o " ▁association ▁( G er ardo ▁C ri pez zi , ▁Luigi ▁Gil io ▁and ▁others ), ▁Hans ▁Bel ting ▁evaluated ▁the ▁fres co es ▁at ▁the ▁San ▁Don ato ▁church ▁at ▁R ip ac and ida ▁and ▁att ested ▁to ▁their ▁extraordinary ▁value ▁as ▁a ▁monument ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁arts . ▁Following ▁Bel ting , ▁the ▁fres co es ▁reflect ▁impress ively ▁periods ▁of ▁peace ▁and ▁un rest , ▁of ▁earth qu ake ▁and ▁new ▁economic ▁development ▁in ▁the ▁small ▁Luc an ian ▁centre . ▁In ▁this ▁occasion , ▁Hans ▁Bel ting ▁accepted ▁the ▁regional ▁award ▁" F ede ▁e ▁Arte " ▁from ▁the ▁local ▁UN ES CO ▁committee ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁Pro ▁Loc o . ▁in ▁a ▁highly ▁acc laimed ▁speech , ▁Hans ▁Bel ting ▁att ested ▁for ▁the ▁many ▁" se cre ts " ▁still ▁hidden ▁in ▁these ▁fres co es ▁for ▁future ▁research . ▁ ▁Dia lect ▁voc ab ul ary ▁of ▁Greek , ▁Arab ic ▁and ▁Alban ian ▁origin ▁ ▁Greek : ▁Bur nt ▁by ▁Bra cc os : ▁ho ars eness ; ▁A ira le : ▁s ieve ▁that ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁clean se ▁the ▁gra in ▁from ▁A