The Jews and the Treasure-chest. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Jews and the Treasure-chest.
Subject: Jewish men in literature; Tricks; Exile; Exile (Punishment) in literature
Period: 1900-1950;
Geographic: Spain
Description: After being exiled from Castile by King Don Alfonso, the Cid meets up with two Jewish merchants to whom he had often sold his spoils of war. He had very little money due to his exile, as most of his wealth came from his land, and so he somewhat reluctantly came up with a scheme to get enough money to sustain himself. He traded the merchants two large chests of “treasure” as collateral for 600 marks, on the condition that they not open them for a year. The chests were in fact filled with sand, but the Cid correctly gambled that he would be able to make up the money and pay them back before they noticed.
Image Creator: Harry McVickar (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:11881
Language: eng
Source Name: Stories from the Chronicle of the Cid, by Mary Wright Plummer, Author of “Roy and Ray in Mexico,” “Roy and Ray in Canada,” etc.
Parent Collection: 1910 New York Plummer Chronicle; 1910 New York Plummer Chronicle
Image: mta_11881_OBJ.png
Collection: El Cid
Subject: Jewish men in literature; Tricks; Exile; Exile (Punishment) in literature