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Initial D: The Fool with Two Demons
Master of the Ingeborg Psalterafter 1205
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
An enthroned man wearing a fool's cap illustrates the opening verse of Psalm 52-"The fool says in his heart 'There is no God.'" The scroll he holds proclaims this heresy: Non e[st] Deu[s] (There is no God). Two mischievous demons incite him to this thought, while an angel above attempts to warn the fool against such a notion.
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- Title: Initial D: The Fool with Two Demons
- Creator: Master of the Ingeborg Psalter
- Date Created: after 1205
- Location Created: Noyon (probably), France
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 31 × 21.9 cm (12 3/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 99.MK.48.56
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 66, fol. 56
- Creator Display Name: Master of the Ingeborg Psalter (French, active about 1195 - about 1210)
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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