Saint Paul at a time that was not his.15 But what is very interesting is the fact that the

Last Supper in the Cycle of the Life andPa~ssion of Christ also has thirteen figures, and

Rodriguez Velasco has identified the extra figure here as Saint Paul." Although there

are some iconographical similarities on close examination the styles are not as

comparable. Contrary to popular belief, to this author's eyes the stylistic similarities are

few. Among the similarities between the mural painting in the church of San Justo and

Pastor and the Bible ofAvila is the use of inverted perspective to represent the table

where the Last Supper takes place. The overall composition is also similar. The artist uses

the heads of the figures as pointers. The Apostles are either inclined or look towards the

center of attention that is Christ. Hierarchy of size is not as pronounced here as it is in the

Bible ofAvila. The outlines of the face on every figure in San Justo seem to differ to

those in the Cycle of the Life and Passion of Christ. The treatment of the hair and the

drapery are different as well.

 The next scene on folio CCCXXIII v is the Washing of the Feet of the Disciples

(Fig. 41). The iconography found in the Bible ofAvila is unique to this manuscript and

has no other counterparts in the history of manuscript illumination from the 11Ith to the

12th centuries.159 It has been difficult to find another example of the scene of the Washing

of the Feet of the Disciples. Nevertheless, there is one example coming from a historiated

capital from the mid-12th century from Barcelona (Fig. 42). In terms of iconography this

capital represents Christ kneeling in front of Peter, who has his feet inside a stem basin

157 Ibid.

 1 Rodriguez Velasco, M., "Iconografia del Nuevo Testamento en la Biblia de Avila,"
1999, p. 359.

159 Y arza Luaces, J., Iconograpia de la M~iniatura Ca;stellano-Leonesa,~~11~11~~1 1973, pp. 3 0-3 1.