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vesica piscis (also piscium), a pointed oval figure, the sides of which are properly parts of two equal circles passing through each other at their…
elliptical in this sense. Also attributive and in other combinations.
Art. The gold disc surrounding the head (or ? the whole figure) in early pictures, and denoting the… The oblong glory, or vesica, with which divine…