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2. Halo (religious iconography) - Wikipedia

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   Otherwise, there could be said to be an excess of words that could refer to either a head-disk or a full-body halo, and no word that clearly denotes a full-body halo that is not vesica piscis shaped. "Halo" by itself, according to recent dictionaries, [ 51 ] means only a circle around the head, although Rhie and Thurman use the word also for ...

3. Mandorla - Wikipedia

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   It is distinguished from a halo in that it encircles the entire body and not just the head. It is commonly used to frame the figure of Christ in Majesty in early medieval and Romanesque art, as well as Byzantine art of the same periods. It is the shape generally used for mediaeval ecclesiastical seals, secular seals generally being round.

4. 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.

5. Ringed cross - Wikipedia

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   The ringed cross is a class of Christian cross symbols featuring a ring or nimbus.The concept exists in many variants and dates to early in the history of Christianity.One variant, the cruciform halo, is a special type of halo placed behind the head of Jesus in Christian art.

6. Circumhorizontal arc - Wikipedia

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   Often, when the halo-forming cloud is small or patchy, only fragments of the arc are seen. As with all halos, it can be caused by the Sun as well as (but much more rarely) the Moon. [1] Other currently accepted names for the circumhorizontal arc are circumhorizon arc or lower symmetric 46° plate arc. [2]

7. Diamond cut - Wikipedia

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   Oval-shaped diamonds were introduced by Lazare Kaplan in the 1960s. Usually noted to have 56 facets, the weight of such diamonds is estimated by measuring the length and width of the stone. A ratio of 1.33 to 1.66 provides a good traditional range of oval-shaped diamonds.