hand while he throws a red mantle with his right hand. Underneath this figure are six

people coming out of the gates of Jerusalem. The foremost figure is unfinished and he

throws a blue garment onto the ground so that Christ could walk over it. There are four

sets of inscriptions identifying the scene. The first inscription, hic uenit ihs in ihrlm super

a~sinamn et pullum (here Christ comes into Jerusalem on an ass and colt), is located right

above the head of Christ. The second inscription, hic exeunt pueri ebreort cum ramnis

palmarum obuiamn Christo (here the boys clearly coming out with branches of palm to

meet Christ), is located between the tree and the city. The third inscription reads, hic ramni

palmarum et uestimenta sternuntur (here branches of palm and garments are extended), is

located between the falling branches and the branches held by the man in the tower. The

fourth and last inscription, ciuita~s ihrslm (the city of Jerusalem), is located above the city.

As Yarza Luaces points out, there are not many examples of the Entrance of Christ into

Jerusalem in Spanish manuscript illumination of the 11Ith and 12th centuries. It only

appears in this bible, and in the M~issale Vetus Oxomense (fol. 23 v) in the interior of a

small O.53

 The second register of folio CCCXXIII v depicts the Last Supper (Matthew

26:17-26; Mark 14:12-22; Luke 22:7-14; John 13:21-30). The farewell supper that Christ

shared with his disciples is part of the Passion that started with the Entrance of Christ into

Jerusalem. During the Last Supper Christ told His disciples that his time of death was

near, and that it would be one of them who would betray Him. When the Apostles heard

this they were sorrowful and they began to ask Christ who it would be, to which Christ


53 Yarza Luaces, J., Iconografia de la M~iniatura Ca;stellano-Leonesa,~~11~11~~1 1973, p. 30.