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Legend of the True Cross (fresco cycle in Arezzo): 7. Finding and Recognition of the True Cross
Legend of the True Cross (fresco cycle in Arezzo)
COMMENTARY
Judas is tortured in a well and confesses that he knows the temple where the three crosses of Calvary are hidden. Helena orders that the temple be destroyed; the three crosses are found and the True Cross is recognized because it causes the miraculous resurrection of a dead youth.
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7. Finding and Recognition of the True Cross
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7a. Finding of the True Cross
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7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
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7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
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7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
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7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
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7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
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7a. Finding of the True Cross (detail)
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7b. Recognition of the True Cross
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7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
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7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
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7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
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7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
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7b. Recognition of the True Cross (detail)
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