[improbabilidades] o presépio

 

Presépio de Machado de Castro

Séc. XVII - Barro Policromado

A propósito do recente desaparecimento da vaquinha e do burrinho do presépio, já em tempos vos tinha citado esta frase brilhante do Brideshead Revisited:

The gospel is simply a catalogue of unexpected things. It’s not to be expected that an ox and an ass should worship at the crib. Animals are always doing the oddest things in the lives of the saints. It’s all part of the poetry, the Alice-in-Wonderland side, of religion.

Lady Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited