The mandorla symbol in byzantine and post-byzantine iconography of the dormition: function and meaning

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    One of them is the introduction of the symbol of the mandorla somewhere in the second half of the 11th century-a topic on which the authors will focus the attention here, due to the function of the mandorla as a visual representation of the Glory of God in its twofold meaning-spatial and luminous (Todorova 2016). The second second feature feature concerns concerns the the way way in in which which the the mandorla mandorla is is depicted depicted as as aa symbol symbol Christ Christ is is depicted depicted in in aa . . .

     

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