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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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-"The meeting (intersections) of two circles produces the [[mandorla]], resulting in the almond shape (vesica piscis) (l2l), the fish — vulva-symbol, referring in many civilizations to the vulva and fertility. But it frequently happens that the mandorla is at one and the same time a symbol for the vulva, the eye and the mouth — organs which in an erotic-symbolic context are often interchanged because of their morphological similarities. If a vertical line crosses the middle (l23, I .), symbolizing the .." --''[[The Genesis of Form]]'' (1987) by Mark Verstockt 
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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.

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