Sin and Redemption: Eve reaching for the forbidden apple and the Nativity and adoration. Stephen Adam. 1889. Paisley Abbey. This two-light set of windows illustrates the standard typological iconography of sin and redemption: Eve, the mother of all human beings, commits the sin that is redeemed by Mary, a second Eve and mother of the new man, who brings the Saviour into the world. Click on image to enlarge it.
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Bibliography
Howell, A.R. Paisley Abbey: Its History, Architecture and Art. Paisley: Alexander Gardiner, 1929. p. 118
Gossman, Lionel. “Stephen Adam’s Celebration of Industrial Labor.” Victorian Web.
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