Sujet
The Fool and a Demon, about 1360-1370. Creator: Master of Jean de Mandeville.
Légende
The Fool and a Demon, about 1360-1370. Additional Info:Quote Text: The fool says in his heart 'There is no God.' (Psalm 52). In a miniature prefacing Psalm 52, the illuminator represents the poem's imagery literally. The "fool" of the text appears here as the lunatic figure familiar during the Middle Ages: shoeless, wearing rags, and carrying a club. He holds an unidentifiable object, perhaps a stone, to his mouth; from this he can draw no nourishment, a visual analogy to the denial of God's existence. In the medieval period, lunacy was seen as a punishment inflicted by the devil. In the upper right corner of the miniature, a small demon crouches before the swirling gold decorative patterns, either the cause of the fool's lunacy or, perhaps, the agent inspiring the fool's denial.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM24A67_308
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,6Mo (2,3Mo) / 29,6cm x 42,0cm / 3493 x 4960 (300dpi)