St. Helena
stands facing Constantine and Pope Silvester, with 4 doctors behind
her, and in the right foreground Zambres leaning over the prostrate
bull; blackletter inscription: /Hic arte/ diabolii/(zãbr/es)
/ mag’ êlene sufflabat/ î aure/(tauru) / /cecidt
mortû/: Here Zambres the sorcerer is whispering in the ear
of the bull which is about to die. Silvester’s face
cracked, slight paint loss from inscription. Ashton-under-Lyne,
parish church, 1497-1512. © Raguin/MMK
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