Miniature of a corpse lying in an open grave in a churchyard; with a scroll above reading 鈥楥ircumdederunt me dolores mortis et pericla inferni inuenerunt me. Sperantem in domino misericordia circumdabit.' To the right; a demon emerges from the earth and snatches at the nude soul which rises from the corpse; with a scroll reading 鈥楲ibricus fuit'. Two angels fly towards the soul; with scrolls reading 鈥楶enituit et elemosinam dedit; ' and 鈥楽inite illam: iustum et impium iudicabit dominus'. Above is God the Father surrounded by red angels. With a full foliate border; including a lower miniature of mourners surrounding a body being laid in a grave; at the beginning of the Office of the Dead.France; Central (Paris); c. 1440 - c. 1450 (after 1436).From: Book of Hours; Use of Rome (鈥楾he Dunois Hours').Yates Thompson 3; f. 201vLondon; British Library.