Definitions for "Mandorla"
Keywords:  almond, halo, aura, mary, saint
Semi-circular outline in almond shape used as a decorative motif and derived from Greek or Roman prototypes.
an, often pointed, oval surrounding the figure of a sacred person in iconography mantling (also lambrequin): the drapery of a coat of arms
painted or sculpted form, which enclosed a personage in order to enhance it. Having a symbolic value and usually used around the figure of Christ and, more rarely, around that of the Virgin Mary.