Cycle of the Life and Passion of Christ in the Bible of Avila in various aspects. The way

the pallium wraps around the body of Christ in both examples is similar, yet it is

important to see the way in which the figures in the mural painting are stiff and solemn in

contrast to the figures in the manuscript which are flowing and defiant. Another similarity

is that the brown devil standing on the right of the angel has no wings, just as the devil in

the Bible ofAvila-the other two devils in the mural painting have wings. At the same

time, the devils in San Baudelio are clothed, just as the devil on the Second Temptation

of Christ in the Bible ofAvila.

 The mozarabic-influenced temple in Third Temptation of Christ in the Bible of

Avila is not without its source, not only in its general form but also in the patterns that are

displayed on the facade. The horseshoe arch was a common motif used by the artists of

the peninsula having previously been used in architecture, in manuscript illumination,

such as the Beatus of Gerona (975) (Fig. 26),136 Or in ivory relief sculpture, such as the

reliquary of Saint Pelagius (1059) in San Isidoro of Leon (Fig. 27).137 The rose pattern

motif on the facade of the temple has an interesting counterpart on the facade of another

temple in folio 202r in the Beatus of Santo Domingo de Silos (Leon, 1109) (Fig. 28),

where the flower motif is present in the columns of the temple.138 The rose pattern motif

is also present in mural painting at the Pantheon of the Kings in San Isidoro of Leon (ca.

136 JOse Camon Aznar, "El Beato de Gerona," Goya, no. 128, September-October, 1975,
pp. 70-81.

137 The Art of2~edieval Spain, ad' 500-1200, 1993, pp. 236-23 8. John W. Williams
mentions that the reliquary had a lost system of arcades visible in engraved lines that
indicated the positions of columns and arches enclosing the apostles. In addition, I would
like to suggest that the figurative style is also similar to the figurative style in the Bible of
Avila.

138 The Art of2~edieval Spain, ad' 500-1200, 1993, p. 130.