Clipart tagged: ‘mandorla’

A Mandorla is a Vesica Piscis shaped aureola which surrounds the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary in traditional Christian art. It is especially used to frame the figure of Christ in Majesty in early medieval and Romanesque art, as well as Byzantine art of the same periods. The term refers to the almond like shape: "mandorla" means almond nut in Italian.

Mandorla

A Mandorla is a Vesica Piscis shaped aureola which surrounds the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary…

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