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mandorla [mænˈdɔːlə]

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (in painting, sculpture, etc.) an almond-shaped area of light, usually surrounding the resurrected Christ or the Virgin at the Assumption Also called vesica

[from Italian, literally: almond, from Late Latin amandula; see almond]

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almond nut nutty slant slant-eyed sugared			Byline: KATIE CAMPLING TOP jazz saxophonist Carlos Lopez-Real is bringing his new band, Mandorla, to Huddersfield Jazz Club on April 25. Carlos jazzes up the Cellar with his sax by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) She places color in a dark/light polarity (as did her father in his final, black and white mandorla paintings), substituting the blues for one and the yellows for the other. Joanna Pousette-Dart Moti hasson gallery by Pincus-Witten, Robert / Artforum International The partial fusion of the two circles designates the interaction between business and client and results in a mandorla (almond, in Italian) shape in the middle of the card: the vesica piscis or "Jesus fish. THE EYE-CANDY CODE DOUGLAS FAIRFIELD I THE NEW MEXICAN by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)			Mandibular arch mandibular bone mandibular condyle mandibular disease mandibular fossa mandibular gland mandibular joint mandibular notch mandibulate Mandibuliform mandibulofacial Mandibulohyoid mandil Mandilion Mandingo Mandingos Mandioc mandioca mandir Mandlestone Mandment mandola mandolin mandoline Mandore mandorla mandragora Mandragora officinarum Mandragorite mandrake mandrake root mandrel Mandrel lathe mandril mandrill Mandrillus Mandrillus leucophaeus Mandrillus sphinx Manduca Manduca quinquemaculata Manduca sexta Manducable manducate manducation Manducatory manduction Manducus mane Maned Maned seal maned sheep			Mandol mandola mandola mandolas mandolas mandolin mandolin Mandolin (cooking) Mandolin Acquisition Syndrome Mandolin family Mandolin family Mandolin Orchestra of Niagara mandoline mandoline mandolines mandolines mandolinist mandolinist mandolinists mandolinists Mandolins Mandolins Mandor Mandora Mandora mandoral mandoral mandoras mandoras Mandore mandorla mandorlas mandorlas Mandra Mandragora Mandragora Mandragora Mandragora officinarum Mandragoras Mandragoras Mandragorite mandrake mandrake mandrake mandrake Mandrake (disambiguation) Mandrake (disambiguation) Mandrake (disambiguation) Mandrake (plant) Mandrake (plant) mandrake root mandrakes mandrakes mandrakes mandras foot Mandrax Mandrax mandrel mandrel mandrel mandrel forging

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