Chinese scroll of Madonna and Child shows Christianity's spread By RON GROSSMAN :: CHICAGO TRIBUNE

CHICAGO _ As a pair of conservators at the Field Museum slowly unrolled an ancient Chinese scroll, it dramatically revealed how far the Christian faith has traveled since that first Christmas in Bethlehem.

Though the delicate watercolor of a Madonna and Child is among the oldest visual evidences of Christianity in the Far East, the museum had prosaically dubbed it "catalog number 116027." For decades, it sat in a dimly lit case, cracked and soiled. The details were hard to discern.

"I only began to realize how important this thing is when we (recently) had it restored," said curator Bennet Bronson. "Look."

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