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 poems 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 Gods 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 fools lunacy or, perhaps, the agent inspiring the fools denial.