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But the nimbus was not worn at all at this early period; such a criterion is therefore inadmissible.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWIn one example Mary wears a nimbus, a proof of comparatively late date.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWIn later art the hand is sometimes surrounded by a cruciform nimbus, to indicate more clearly its divine character.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWThis is a Saint, as he has the nimbus round his head, and from his young and beardless face it is probably St. John.
NOTES AND QUERIES FOR WORCESTERSHIREJOHN NOAKEOvercast skies of heavy nimbus cloud were the rule and the air was continually charged with drifting snow.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSONHoward has observed a huge nimbus affording hard snowballs and distinct flakes of snow at the same time.
THE RAIN CLOUDANONYMOUSThe chaste whiteness of the snow and the velvet blackness of the rocks belong to days of snowy nimbus enshrouding the horizon.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSONHe sleeps but two hours at night and prays the rest of the time, while a nimbus of fire surrounds him.
THE HISTORY OF YIDDISH LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURYLEO WIENEROn February 23 there was a spell of dead calm; heavy nimbus clouds and fog lowering over sea and plateau.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSONDuring the whole day nimbus clouds had hung heavily from the sky, and snow had fallen in grains and star-like crystals.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSONWORDS RELATED TO NIMBUS
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