Initial D with St. Helena observing the erection of the True Cross, from the Legend of the True Cross This initial once began a chant used in the celebration of the feast of the Invention of the True Cross (May 3). The True Cross is the name for the cross upon which, according to Christian tradition, Jesus was crucified. According to medieval legend, the True Cross was found by St. Helena, the mother of the first Christian emperor of Rome, Constantine the Great (272 AD - 337 A.D.). The True... This is the reverse of a cutting with an historiated intial from a choir book.
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