The legendary history of the cross : a series of sixty-four woodcuts from a Dutch book published by Veldener, A.D. 1483 ; with an introduction written and illustrated by John Ashton ; preface by S. Baring Gould (1887)

Veldener, Jan, fl 1473-1485, Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298. Legenda aurea, Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491, Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · New York, A. C. Armstrong · leaf 78

An illustration from The legendary history of the cross : a series of sixty-four woodcuts from a Dutch book published by Veldener, A.D. 1483 ; with an introduction written and illustrated by John Ashton ; preface by S. Baring Gould, 1887, leaf 78 — part St. Helena is receiving theholy Crofs, whilft labourers are uncover-ing the Tau CrofTes of the tw^o thieves. The legend is mutilated, but enoughremains to make its meaning clear:Here Seynte helyne EXAMY(neth)THE I(ews for) Y^ Holy cros ....luLius cyryacus (faith that he kneww)here hete was.…

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