光輪

HALO（こうりん）[/ˈheɪloʊ/]名詞

解説

天体を囲む光の輪。

本来は光学的現象だが、しばしば聖人や神々の頭に描かれる「後光」「光輪」と混同される。
後者は聖性の象徴であり、司教のミトラや法王の冠と同じく権威のしるし。
画家Szedgkinの『降誕』では聖母と幼子のみならず、
飼い葉桶の干草を食むロバにまで後光が描かれており、

そのロバは見事に神々しい風格を示している。

付記

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Original

Properly, a luminous ring encircling an astronomical body, but not infrequently confounded with "aureola," or "nimbus," a somewhat similar phenomenon worn as a head-dress by divinities and saints. The halo is a purely optical illusion, produced by moisture in the air, in the manner of a rainbow; but the aureola is conferred as a sign of superior sanctity, in the same way as a bishop's mitre, or the Pope's tiara. In the painting of the Nativity, by Szedgkin, a pious artist of Pesth, not only do the Virgin and the Child wear the nimbus, but an ass nibbling hay from the sacred manger is similarly decorated and, to his lasting honor be it said, appears to bear his unaccustomed dignity with a truly saintly grace.

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