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VESICA PISCIS (Fr. amande mystique)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1051 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VESICA PISCIS (Fr. amande mystique) , in See also:

architecture, the See also:term given to a pointed See also:oval See also:panel formed by two equal circles cutting each other in their centres; this is a See also:common See also:form given to a panel in which the figure of See also:Christ is represented. It is commonly employed in See also:medieval See also:seals, and especially those of bishops and monastic establishments.

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