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An illumination from the introduction in the
Alba Bible, Spain, 1430AD


Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava, Don Luis de Guzmán, sits in a cathedral.

Source: Carlos SAINZ DE LA MAZA, « Poder político y poder doctrinal en la creación de la Biblia de Alba », e-Spania [En ligne], 3 | juin 2007, mis en ligne le 31 janvier 2008, consulté le 13 janvier 2014.

The full page image of Grand Master Don Luis de Guzmán sits in a cathedral. In the foreground Rabi Mose holds his commented translation of the Bible amongst men wearing the red cross of the Order of Calatrava on their shoulders. f.25v Alba Bible.



The standard of the Order of Calatrava, comprising a red cross fleury on a white field, in Armies of the Middle Ages, volume 1 by Ian Heath, based on the Alba Bible.




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