Plural of aureola; multiple halos, circles of light, or luminous rings around sacred figures or objects.
Latin plural form of 'aureola,' maintaining the Latin grammatical structure for the plural. Used in art history and religious iconography.
Art historians can sometimes date paintings by the style of 'aureolae'—square halos meant the person was still alive, circular ones meant they were dead and sainted!
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