St. Helena
stands on the left with two men praying behind her and facing
Judas, all four praying. A man behind Judas throws up his hands.
In the left foreground a man holds a cross before a shrouded corpse
who sits up on the turf; blackletter inscription: /(Hic/ pos/sunt/
veram/ cruc)/m (mor/tuo app/osi/to)/ nven/ire/ Here they are able
to discover the True Cross by placing it over a dead man.
Corpse pitted on both surfaces, flashed ruby corroded, paint loss
from faces and figures on left of panel, St. Helena’s head
restored, two heads on right cracked. Ashton-under-Lyne, parish
church, 1497-1512. © Raguin/MMK
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