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Illustration from the:

Biblia de San Isidoro de Leon,
Biblioteca, Colegiata S. Isidoro, Leon, 960
Goliath Challenges the Israelites

Source: Miniaturas Militares by Alfons Cánovas

El Archivo Capitular de la Colegiata de San Isidoro cuenta entre sus tesoros con una Biblia visigótico-mozárabe realizada por Florencio y Sancho en el año 960. Cuenta con 517 folios y ricas ilustraciones.
The Chapter Archive of San Isidoro Collegiate counts among its treasures a Visigothic-Mozarabic Bible by Florentius and Sanctius in 960. It has 517 pages and rich illustrations.

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Referenced as figure 506 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
506. Manuscript,"Goliath," Bible of San Isidore de Leon, 960 AD, Mozarab, Real Colegiata Basilica de San Isidoro, Leon (Hof A).

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Referenced on p13, The Moors - The Islamic West - 7th-15th Centuries AD by David Nicolle
Goliath, in a Mozarab illustrated Bible made in AD 960. This remarkable picture shows the Philistine giant in a stylised but nevertheless understandable form. His helmet is of tall framed type, his spear has a winged or flanged blade, his shield is round and his sword is straight. One shoulder and the lower part of his clothing might indicate a mail hauberk with slits at the sides of the hem, but his spear arm appears to be covered in a cloak which also falls behind his legs. This might in fact be an early representation of the typical North African haik. Biblioteca, Ms.2, f. l18v, Colegiata S. Isidoro, Leon, Spain)