characteristics can be found in the Bible ofAvila as well. A second example of a Last

Supper comes from the mid-12th century frescos of the hermitage of San Baudelio de

Berlanga (Soria) (Fig. 38).148 The action takes places behind the table containing a

number of stem cups with fish. The eleven Apostles alongside Christ are located behind

the table, and Judas is located in front. Most of the Apostles wear a halo--Judas does not

have halo, just as in the Bible ofAvila. Christ wears a cross halo. The Apostle John

reclines his head against Christ' s heart, and he is not wearing a halo as in the Bible of

Avila. Christ is feeding Judas the piece of bread, while Judas points towards the fish.

These characteristics can find their counterpart in the depiction of the Cycle of the Life

and Passion of Christ in the Bible ofAvila. 149 A final example comes from an ivory

plaque from the shrine for the relics of St. Aemelius (1053-1067) in the abbey of San

Millan de la Cogolla, Rioja (Logrofio) (Fig. 39).150 There are many similarities between

the representation of the Last Supper in this plaque and the representation of the same

subj ect in the Cycle of the Life and Passion of Christ in the Bible ofAvila. In both

depictions the action takes place behind a table where Christ and the Apostles are located.

Just as in the Bible ofAvila, there are more figures located on the right than on the left.

Only Judas kneels on the other side of the table, as in the Bible ofAvila. Christ is feeding

Judas the piece of bread, while Judas seems to be reaching towards the fish, making a

reference to the theft of the fish, which is also present in the Cycle of the Life and the

148 The Art of2~edieval Spain, ad 500-1200, 1993, pp. 223-228.

149 Another example in mural painting comes from the Pantheon of the Kings in the
church of San Isidoro of Leon (ca. 1063-1 101), but the iconographic and stylistic
similarities are very general. See Antonio Vifiayo Gonzalez, San Isidoro de Leon Panteon~PPP~~~~PPP~~~PPP
de los Reyes, Leon: Edilesa, 1995,for more information.

150 Durliat, M., Espagne Romane, 1993, p. 84.