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abbot Tanguy and an inscription reading "IAN GVEN-QUALEC, Y. GAL 1617". On the crosspiece and on either side of the depiction of Jesus on the cross are statues of the Virgin Mary, her hands clasped and her eyes tearful (she is back to back with a statue depicting an apostle) and John the
Evangelist whose head is turned slightly towards Jesus. He is paired back to back with a female saint. On the reverse of Jesus on the cross is a depiction of him seated on a globe, his hands raised. He wears a sash bearing the words "GARDE QU’IL FERA LE ROY ESTANT JUGERA". To his right an angel blows on a trumpet and on his left a supplicant wrapped in a shroud stands awaiting judgement, his eyes closed. At the foot of the calvary is a small kersanton stone altar added in 1617.
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