The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 12, 2026

A vertically oriented tempera and ink manuscript page depicts a central miniature above Gothic text. Within, a pink-robed angel and gray demon struggle over a small figure beneath a divine figure in a gold sky. Below, a man carries a coffin past a corpse resting on a slab. Intricate scrolling gold vines and colorful blossoms fill the margins, surrounding blue and gold geometric frames in a dense floral border.

Book of Hours (Use of Paris): Fol. 118r, Angel and Devil Fighting over a Soul

c. 1420

possibly studio or workshop of The Bedford Master

(French, Paris, active c. 1405–30)
France, Paris
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Codex: 18.4 x 13.3 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1951.120.118.a
Location: 113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts(not visible)
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.120.118.a