La Cava Bible

I) is a 9th-century Latin illuminated Bible, which was produced in Spain, probably in the Kingdom of Asturias during the reign of Alfonso II.

However the hand, textual variations, and orthography indicate that the manuscript was produced in Spain, during the early 9th century.

[citation needed] This makes Asturias, which was the largest Christian kingdom of the time, the most probable origin of the codex.

The Cross which appears in four locations in the La Cava Bible, is the only explicitly Christian decoration in the manuscript.

"Cross of the Resurrection" was a prominent feature of murals at San Julián de los Prados, near Oviedo, Asturias.

The text on folio 220 verso, which contains the prefaces by Jerome used to introduce the New Testament, is written in the form of a cross.

In the Stuttgart Vulgate the La Cava Bible stands alongside the Codex Amiatinus as primary witnesses for almost all the books of the Old Testament.