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  2. Saint symbolism - Wikipedia

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    halo with Circle of 12 stars, Crown, Holy Child, Mantum [citation needed] Our Lady of Piat: dark complexion, the Child Jesus, rosary, crown, flowers [citation needed] Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos: in prayer, with golden crown, white gown, blue mantle, silver banner held by angels [citation needed] Our Lady of Sorrows

  3. Halo (religious iconography) - Wikipedia

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    A halo (from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs) 'threshing floor, disk'; [ 1 ][ 2 ] also called a nimbus, aureole, glory, or gloriole (Latin: gloriola, lit. 'little glory') is a crown of light rays, circle or disk of light [ 3 ] that surrounds a person in works of art. The halo occurs in the iconography of many religions to indicate holy or ...

  4. Mandorla - Wikipedia

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    A mandorla is an almond -shaped aureola, i.e. a frame that surrounds the totality of an iconographic figure. It is usually synonymous with vesica, a lens shape. Mandorlas often surround the figures of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary in traditional Christian iconography. [1] It is distinguished from a halo in that it encircles the entire body ...

  5. Marian art in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Madonna of humility by Domenico di Bartolo 1433 has been described as one of the most innovative devotional images from the early Renaissance [35]. Catholic Marian art has expressed a wide range of theological topics that relate to Mary, often in ways that are far from obvious, and whose meaning can only be recovered by detailed scholarly analysis.

  6. Aureola - Wikipedia

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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 Romance languages, the noun Aureola is usually more related to the disc of light surrounding the head of sacred figures, which in English is called halo or nimbus.

  7. Thunbergia erecta - Wikipedia

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    Thunbergia erecta, commonly known as the bush clock vine or king's mantle, is a vibrant, evergreen species of shrub in the family Acanthaceae. Native to the forest zone stretching from Guinea-Bissau to western Cameroon, it has found significant cultivation worldwide due to its ornamental appeal and versatility.

  8. Glory (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Glory around the shadow of a plane. The position of the glory's centre shows that the observer was in front of the wings. A glory is an optical phenomenon, resembling an iconic saint 's halo around the shadow of the observer's head, caused by sunlight or (more rarely) moonlight interacting with the tiny water droplets that comprise mist or clouds.

  9. Halo (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Halo (optical phenomenon) A halo (from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs) 'threshing floor, disk') [1] is an optical phenomenon produced by light (typically from the Sun or Moon) interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Halos can have many forms, ranging from colored or white rings to arcs and spots in the sky.