wolcen-faru

wolcen-faru, f.n: passing of clouds, moving clouds. (WOL-kun-FAH-ruh / ˈwɔl-kən-ˌfa-rʌ)

Two groups of the nimbed Elect in Heaven (including a veiled woman and a tonsured deacon holding a palm), all standing amid clouds above a row of stars. Miscellany. Italy (Naples), last quarter of the 14th century. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.498, fol. 4v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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