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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