piscis

The footprint of the Cathedral is a vesica piscis (“fish bladder” in Latin), an oval with pointed ends created by the intersection of two circles of the same radius.

A Hermeneutic of Rupture? 2009

Olavi Rudbeckii filii Ichthyologiae biblicae pars prima, de ave selav ... non avem aliquam plumatam, nec locustam fuisse, sed potius quoddam piscis genus, manifestis demonstratur (Uppsala: Werner, 1705).

The Flowering Genius of Maria Sibylla Merian Rowland, Ingrid D. 2009

Butcher was his enemy because he killed him, the grazier his friend because he fed him; a hunter preserves and yet kills his game, and is hated nevertheless of his game; nec piscatorem piscis amare potest, &c. But

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

The second treatise, the Historia dissecti piscis ex canum genere, showed that the 'testes mulierum' of the non-oviparous dogfish were sufficiently ovary-like to be considered ovaries.

Meet Nicholas Steno 2005

The second treatise, the Historia dissecti piscis ex canum genere, showed that the 'testes mulierum' of the non-oviparous dogfish were sufficiently ovary-like to be considered ovaries.

Archive 2005-08-01 2005

In Latin the mandorla is called the vesica piscis, or fish bladder, another oval shape.

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

In Latin the mandorla is called the vesica piscis, or fish bladder, another oval shape.

A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

In the centre is the Saviour, seated, enclosed within a _vesica piscis_, His right hand uplifted in blessing, His left hand resting on an open book; His bare feet rest upon the border of the oval enclosure.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See W. D. Sweeting

The same change may be seen in the Latin 'piscis,' which in English is 'fish,' and the Greek '[pi upsilon rho]' which in English is 'fire.'

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder James De Mille

The word fish has passed through many varied forms since it was _piscis_ in the old Latin tongue, and the same is true of shark and skate, which in the same language were _carcharus_ and _squatus_.

The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919