Apostles wear similar garments, a red tunic and a blue mantle. Both Apostles have halos,

and they are making the same type of gesture of surprise, but with opposite hands. The

Apostle on the left has long hair and a long beard, unlike the Apostle on the right who is

beardless, and has short hair. The three figures are placed behind a table with a diamond

shape pattern, and falling drapery. On top of the table there are a number of items that are

reminiscent of the Last Supper: four breads with cruciform shapes drawn in their interior,

a knife, and two stem cups. The crosses make obvious reference to the Resurrection of

Christ. One inscription identifies this scene. The inscription, Sedet dns ad cena~n entaus

cum duous discipulis iohe et cleopha~s (the Lord sits to dine in Emmaus with the two

disciples John and Cleophas), is located above the border, over the heads of Christ and

the two Apostles, John and Cleophas. According to Yarza Luaces, this scene is unique to

the Bible ofAvila. There are no other representations of Supper at Emmaus in the

manuscripts of Castile and Leon from the 11Ith to 12th centuries.107

 The second register of folio CCCXXV r depicts the Doubting Thomas (John

20:26-31). In a previous passage (John 20: 19-25), Thomas said to the other Apostles that

he would not believe in the Resurrection of Christ until he could see the wounds of the

nails in His hands and place his hand into the wound in His side. Consequently, after

eight days, when the twelve Apostles were reunited--Thomas among them--and Christ

appeared to them, He told Thomas to reach his finger into His nail wounds, and to reach

his hand into His side. He then told him to believe and not be faithless. Thomas then

recognized his error, and Christ said, "Thomas, because you have seen me, you have

believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." The importance of


107 Yarza Luaces, J., Iconograjia de la 2iniatura Ca;stellano-Leonesa,~~11~11~~1 1973, p. 32.