Eind twelve Apostles leaning towards Christ and gesturing.15 JUSt as in the Bible ofAvila,

there are more Eigures on the right, than on the left. Christ is the center of attention even

if He is slightly off-center towards the left. Christ' s arm is extended towards the front of

the table and to the left where Judas is located--unlike in the Cycle of the Life and'

Passion of Christ, where Judas is located directly in front of Christ and the Apostle John

on the other side of the table.154 Unfortunately the only remains visible on the fresco are

the sides of the robe of Judas.15 The Apostle John reclines his head over the heart of

Christ, but this position, leaning over the heart of Christ, and the fact that he wears no

halo is similar to its counterpart in the Bible ofAvila. Besides the twelve Apostles and

Christ, there is one more Eigure without a halo, which makes a total of fourteen Eigures in

the Last Supper including Christ, although the Bible ofAvila has thirteen figures.156 This

idiosyncrasy can be related to the Cycle of the Life and Passion of Christ, since this

additional figure is the Apostle Paul, who is known to have been added to images of the

Resurrection--as in the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos--but this is a rare instance

in which Saint Paul is added to the Last Supper, even though it is anachronistic to place

153 The Last Supper in the church of San Justo and Pastor is located on the north wall of
the apse.

154 Gloria Fernandez Somoza, "El Ciclo de la Pasion en las Pinturas Murales de la Iglesia
de San Justo," en Actas del V Simposio Biblico Espaiol. La Biblia en el Arte y la
Literature, Valencia, 1999p. 230, states that Christ does not have the usual piece of bread
given to Judas nor Judas is trying to steal the fish, nevertheless, the moment that is being
depicted has to be when Christ announces the soon to be betrayer.

 1 Fernandez Somoza, G., "El Ciclo de la Pasion en las Pinturas Murales de la Iglesia de
San Justo," 1999, p. 230, mentions that "al otro lado de la mesa podemos ver, aunque no
esta complete por el ya mencionado deterioro, otro personal e mas, que en este caso seria
Judas." According to my own observations I am inclined to concord with Fernandez
Somoza' s assessment that identifies the figure as Judas.

156 Fernandez Somoza, G., "El Ciclo de la Pasion en las Pinturas Murales de la Iglesia de
San Justo," 1999, p. 230.