St. Helena and Judas stand on right and on the left are two men, one with a pickaxe. In the foreground are two more men, one holding a cross and the other digging a pit in the turf upon which all stand; blackletter inscription: /(Hic/ crucem/ vera/m/ peten/tes/ fodiunt): Here they dig in search of the True Cross. Panel is heavily restored by Caldwell, faces of St. Helena and man with cross badly cracked, flashed ruby corroded, paint loss from St. Helena’s left hand. Ashton-under-Lyne, parish church, 1497-1512. © Raguin/MMK

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