NewWineskin.584

Published at 584 × 770 in Evening Prayer 2.17.13: 1st Sunday in Lent

Wineskin, typically made of leather or goatskin; detail of a larger unidentified painting. In Biblical times, new wine couldn’t be placed in old wineskins because it was still fermenting, which caused the skin to burst.

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