(Latin: “cloud”). A luminous cloud appearing around a figure’s head or surrounding the entire figure, signifying holiness or divinity. See also: aureole, mandorla.
Sebastian Salcedo. The Virgin of Guadalupe. Oil on copper. 1779. Denver Art Museum.
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