Spanish cavalry on the Sarcophagus of Doña Sancha, 1110-1120AD

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Knights/cavalry on the back of the Sarcophagus of Doña Sancha, Benedictine Monastery of Santa Cruz, Jaca, Spain, 1110-1120AD
These can be compared with earlier Spanish depictions:
Guerrero armado (Armed warrior), Liber Commicus, Academia de la Historia, Spain, 1073AD
El Burgo de Osma Codex by Beatus of Liébana, Spain, 1086
The Silos Beatus Codex by Beatus of Liébana, Spain, 1090-1109
and later depictions:
Spanish Knights & Infantry in the Codex Calixtinus, 1135-1139AD
Privilegium Imperatoris of the Emperor Alfonso VII of León and Castile, 1142-47AD
A soldier with kite shield & horse in the Basilica of Saint Isidore of Leon, Spain, before 1149

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