XIXth century
Collection : Musée national des arts et traditions populaires (MNATP), Paris, France
Photograph : MNATP
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The tree of Paradise is covered in red apples. In Alsace, Christmas eve is given over to Adam
and Eve. Redemption by the son of God-made-man was rendered necessary by Adam’s sin. This
evocation preceded the depiction of the nativity.
Cathechism in pictures, no 58 - chromolithograph. |
