this appearance of Christ resides in that this is the first appearance that occurred after

eight days since Christ' s Resurrection.'0s According to Reau, this event supports the

belief that Christ was tangible and corporeal after the Resurrection, and that the only

thing that was different between His life and the "post-mortem" life is that the second

was brief since He had to ascend to the Father.109

 The second register of folio CCCXXV r, depicts the moment when Thomas

introduces his finger into the side wound of Christ. A large figure of Christ is depicted to

the right of center and He leans toward the left, with His bare chest and right arm

overextended, and His head tilted towards it. He wears a cross halo and two thirds of His

body is covered by a red, yellow and blue tunic and mantle. His left hand is facing

forward. Twelve Apostles--four on His left, and eight on His right--flank Christ. Two

Apostles are underneath Christ' s outstretched arm. The one closest to him is Thomas,

who is thrusting his finger in Christ' s wound while holding Christ's gigantic arm with his

left hand. The second Apostle that is beneath Christ's arm, points with his left hand

towards Christ' s halo, while he presents the palm of his right hand forward. One

inscription identifies this scene. The inscription, hic ostendit dns thome manus et latus

(here the Lord exhibits to Thomas his hands and side), is located above Christ's left

shoulder, between His head and the closest Apostle. According to Yarza Luaces, this

scene is unique to the Bible ofAvila. There are no other representations of the Doubting

Thomas in the manuscripts of Castile and Leon from the 11Ith to 12th centuries.110


1os Reau, J., L 'Iconoguraphie de l'Art Chretiene, 1957, pp. 568-569. The previous
appearances took place on the same day of the Resurrection.

109 Ibid.

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