1) Christian art 
oval panel containing a work of art; elliptical halo around holy person
The artistic interpretation of a halo or aura surrounding the head of holy figures. An almond shaped motif often used in imagery of the Virgin, Christ or particular saints. Symbolically, the Mandorla has great significance within Medieval Christianity, and is related to the Vesica Pisces. The space, which represents the shape of a Mandorla, is the ...
(Italian: `almond`), in religious art, almond-shaped aureole of light surrounding the entire figure of a holy person; it was used in Christian art ...
a pointed vertical almond/oval shape framing the figure of Christ
An almond-shaped motif in which Christ sits; sometimes used also for the Virgin.