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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 307762, member: 2844"]I thought I would be too much of a theologian if I used the word nimbus.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>In Dutch we use nimbus (cloud) for radiance around either the entire body or just the head of a person considered sacred, 'aureool' (from aureola) if it is just around the head, or the disc shape around the head. Halo is only used in meteorological terms.</p><p>Mandorla is used the same as in English, an almond shaped radiance around the entire person.</p><p>The Jesus figures have both the disc shape and the radiation, wouldn't you use either or both words in English?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 307762, member: 2844"]I thought I would be too much of a theologian if I used the word nimbus.:) In Dutch we use nimbus (cloud) for radiance around either the entire body or just the head of a person considered sacred, 'aureool' (from aureola) if it is just around the head, or the disc shape around the head. Halo is only used in meteorological terms. Mandorla is used the same as in English, an almond shaped radiance around the entire person. The Jesus figures have both the disc shape and the radiation, wouldn't you use either or both words in English?[/QUOTE]
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