Первый открытый христианский веб-словарь

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{vq'saIkq'paIsIs %, -'pIsIs %, vq'si:kq'pIskIs %, 'vesIkq %}

G vesica piscis — the ovoidal frame or glory which, in the 12th cent., was much used, especially in painted windows, to surround pictures of the Virgin Mary and of Our Lord. It is meant to represent a fish, form the acronym ichthus. [BD]