Thank you Matthew. I wish I had your vocabulary when writing in English 
You are right that the mandorla should be considered, for example on the rosettes foldout. An indication towards this may be its radiant nature.
If it is a simple mandorla though, as opposed to the side wound, the fact that it is empty seems almost like a provocation. Or at least an extreme dedication to keep the surface metaphor free of all too obvious Christian images.
Edit: this is different in the large plants, where solutions have been found for the vacant mandorla. In this context I would especially point to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and compare it to the tympanum of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in Conques, France. Here, Christ sits as the Sun among the other planets, all represented by flowers, within a mandorla surrounded by multiple layers of "petals".
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You are right that the mandorla should be considered, for example on the rosettes foldout. An indication towards this may be its radiant nature.
If it is a simple mandorla though, as opposed to the side wound, the fact that it is empty seems almost like a provocation. Or at least an extreme dedication to keep the surface metaphor free of all too obvious Christian images.
Edit: this is different in the large plants, where solutions have been found for the vacant mandorla. In this context I would especially point to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and compare it to the tympanum of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in Conques, France. Here, Christ sits as the Sun among the other planets, all represented by flowers, within a mandorla surrounded by multiple layers of "petals".