Picture No | 10097935 |
Date | 1541 |
Description | PUBLIC BEHEADING C16 |
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An old man is about to be beheaded before a big crowd gathered in a French street : a priest holds a crucifix before him to encourage him to die piously if not painlessly
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist reproduced in Louisy, Le Livre page 225, and also in 'Praxis Criminis Persequendi' |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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