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Altarpiece painting, Museu Episcopal de Vic, Vic, Catalonia, Spain

Archangel Michael weighing souls, detail from altar side panels by the Master of Soriguerola, late 13th century, Romanesque tempera painting on wood, from a church in the Ribes valley, Ripolles, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The archangel holds a balance with a naked soul leaning towards salvation, while a demon with a hook tries to tip the balance to the other side. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Archangel Michael weighing souls, detail from altar side panels by the Master of Soriguerola, late 13th century, Romanesque tempera painting on wood, from a church in the Ribes valley, Ripolles, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The archangel holds a balance with a naked soul leaning towards salvation, while a demon with a hook tries to tip the balance to the other side. Picture by Manuel Cohen