1063-1 101) (Fig. 29).139 The "X" pattern found on the facade of the temple in the Bible of

Avila, is also present in the 12th century church of San Clemente in Segovia on the now

blocked portal of the west facade (Fig. 30),140 and it is also used as a decorative pattern in

the silver gilt reliquary of San Isidoro in Leon (ca. 1063) (Fig. 31).141

 The conclusion derived from this iconographic and stylistic analysis of the

Temptations of Christ is that the artist was aware of the tradition of the devil in the

peninsula as exemplified by the Temptations in San Baudelio de Berlanga and in

Santiago de Compostela. It is hard to assess how closely related these two examples are

to the Bible ofAvila, since both of them differ in very important ways from what the

Master of the Cycle of the Life and Passion of Christ in the Bible ofAvila depicted.

However, there are still some resemblances not only in its iconography, but in its style as

well, especially with regards to the tympanum of La Puerta de las Platerias.

 The first scene on folio CCCXXIII v is the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (Fig.

32). This scene was only represented twice in the history of manuscript illumination in

Spain in the 11Ith to 12th centuries. According to Yarza Luaces besides the Bible ofAvila,


139 Antonio Vifiayo Gonzalez, San Isidoro de Leon Panteon~PPP~~~~PPP~~~PPP de los Reyes, Leon: Edilesa,
1995, pp. 33-34.

140 This "(X" pattern is also used as the decorative design for the table in the Wedding
Feast at Cana.

141 The Art of2~edieval Spain, ad 500-1200, 1993, p. 239. John W. Williams mentions
that this was the first reliquary to house the relics of Saint Isidore after they arrived from
Seville in December of 1063 as a result of the victory of the Christian king Ferdinand I
over the Muslim city. It contains scenes from the Book of Genesis. The order has been
altered due to restoration, but each scene was also accompanied by an inscription. The
surviving inscriptions identified the scenes as followed: the Creation of Adam, the
Temptation of Adam, the Accusation of Adam, the Robing of Adam and Eve, and the
Expulsion of Adam and Eve. In addition there are two inscriptions that allowed the
identification of two lost scenes: the Naming of the Animals and the Creation of Eve.