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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