mandorla
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mandorla, vesica piscis
An aureole, almond-shaped, depicted around the full form of a sacred person.
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El espacio en que Cristo rescata a Adan esta formalizado mediante una estructura en ojiva, suavizada por un circulo, de amplio uso en la iconografia cristiana del arte medieval: la
mandorla (termino que significa <<almendra").
Avevano i bordi bianchi e alti un paio di millimetri (era il grasso e la pelle), si aprivano a forma di
mandorla, dentro erano marrone.
TOP jazz saxophonist Carlos Lopez-Real is bringing his new band,
Mandorla, to Huddersfield Jazz Club on April 25.
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