That when dead the foe he routed, ’T is no folly to believe; For to whom the saints show favour, All were easy to achieve. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: That when dead the foe he routed, ’T is no folly to believe; For to whom the saints show favour, All were easy to achieve.
Subject: Saints; Death; Miracles
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain
Description: The Cid lies sick on his bed, seeing a vision of St. Peter. St. Peter tells him that he has thirty days left to live, and that once he has died his body should be brought into battle against King Bucar. This, along with the help of St. James, will give the Castilians a “glorious victory.” In his hand St. Peter holds one of the Keys of Heaven with which he is associated, and in the foreground two swords lean against a book, presumably the Bible, all underneath a crucifix.
Image Creator: John Jackson (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Wood engraving
Identifier: mta:11831
Language: eng
Source Name: The Cid: A Short Chronicle, Founded on the Early Poetry of Spain
Parent Collection: 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem; 1845 London Dennis Chronicle from Poem
Image: mta_11831_OBJ.png
Collection: El Cid
Subject: Saints; Death; Miracles