A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 326
3i8 Vwim $tBri»—Fignttte. … Vesica Piseis, lL\y Catkedril. or gloryt by which the representations of each of the threePersons of the Holy Trinity andthe Blessed Virgin are surroundedin the paintings or sculptures ofthe Middle Ages. It has beenconjectured (though without muchprobability) that it was adoptedfrom the idea that…
