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The vesica piscis is the intersection of two congruent disks, each centered on the perimeter of the other. The vesica piscis is a type of lens, a mathematical shape formed by the intersection of two disks with the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each disk lies on the perimeter of the other. [1]
Example of two asymmetric lenses (left and right) and one symmetric lens (in the middle) The Vesica piscis is the intersection of two disks with the same radius, R, and with the distance between centers also equal to R. If the two arcs of a lens have equal radius, it is called a symmetric lens, otherwise is an asymmetric lens.
The vesica piscis is a symbol made from two circles of the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each circle lies on the circumference of the other. The name literally means the bladder of the fish in Latin.
The center lens of the 2-circle figure is called a vesica piscis, from Euclid. Two circles are also called Villarceau circles as a plane intersection of a torus. The areas inside one circle and outside the other circle is called a lune. The 3-circle figure resembles a depiction of Borromean rings and is used in 3-set theory Venn diagrams.
The aureola, when enveloping the whole body, generally appears oval or elliptical in form, but occasionally depicted as circular, vesica piscis, or quatrefoil. When it appears merely as a luminous disk round the head, it is called specifically a halo or nimbus, while the combination of nimbus and aureole is called a glory.
The two interlocking circles constitute the symbol known as the Vesica Piscis. In the well lid design, a spear or a sword bisects these two circles, a possible reference to Excalibur, the sword of the legendary King Arthur, believed by some to be buried at the nearby Glastonbury Abbey. Foliage represents the Glastonbury Thorn. Bligh Bond wrote ...
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The number 153 is associated with the geometric shape known as the Vesica piscis or Mandorla. Archimedes , in his Measurement of a Circle , referred to this ratio (153/265), as constituting the "measure of the fish", this ratio being an imperfect representation of 1 / 3 ≈ 0.57735 {\displaystyle 1/{\sqrt {3}}\approx 0.57735} .