St. Helena stands to the left facing Judas, both with a man behind them. In the foreground two men hold crosses and the third cross lies on the chequered floor; blackletter inscription: /hic/ invebât/ (tres cruce/s) a(?)/ ali/is/ et (ver/â/ cr/u/cê/ non disce/rnebant): Here they found three crosses and could not tell which was the True Cross. Panel is heavily restored by Caldwell, figure behind Judas badly cracked, inscription also cracked, flashed ruby corroded, paint loss from heads of two2 men in foreground. Ashton-under-Lyne, parish church, 1497-1512. © Raguin/MMK

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