Limoges 1920 | Pilgrimage Mass to Alsace and Lorraine | Selection from the Ocean

Limoges 1920 | Pilgrimage Mass to Alsace and Lorraine https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53931973012_29eb80bc3b_c_d.jpg Published by Paul Mellottée in Limoges, France, and approved by Bishop Alfred, it contains a guide to pilgrimages in the Alsace and Lorraine regions of northeastern France, reflecting the prevalence of pilgrimage culture at the time, especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Believers often travel to these areas to visit holy places and are important centers of the Catholic faith. Missals usually have exquisite decorative borders. What is special about the object is the production details of 8 different page labels with patterns and text as a cycle, showing multiple holy places in the region and the apparitions of the Virgin Mary. In addition, the inner pages contain famous regional information. Color page illustrations of churches and religious buildings that together formed important local pilgrimage routes were used to guide or commemorate believers' pilgrimages to these holy places.