Aureola
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+ | :"The ''[[vesica piscis]]'' or ''[[ichthus]]'', the almond-shaped aureole, the 'mystical almond' which depicts divinity; holiness; the sacred; virginity; ''the [[vulva]]''." --on the 'mandorla' in ''[[An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols]]'' by [[Jean Campbell Cooper]] | ||
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An '''aureola''' or '''aureole''' (diminutive of [[Latin]] ''aurea'', "[[golden]]") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in [[painting]]s of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure. In the earliest periods of [[Christian]] [[art]] this splendour was confined to the figures of the persons of the [[Godhead (Christianity)|Christian Godhead]], but it was afterwards extended to the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]] and to several of the [[saint]]s. | An '''aureola''' or '''aureole''' (diminutive of [[Latin]] ''aurea'', "[[golden]]") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in [[painting]]s of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure. In the earliest periods of [[Christian]] [[art]] this splendour was confined to the figures of the persons of the [[Godhead (Christianity)|Christian Godhead]], but it was afterwards extended to the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]] and to several of the [[saint]]s. |
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An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aurea, "golden") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure. In the earliest periods of Christian art this splendour was confined to the figures of the persons of the Christian Godhead, but it was afterwards extended to the Virgin Mary and to several of the saints. See also
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