Picture No | 10030561 |
Date | 18th century |
Description | TEARING MEN/PUNISHMENT |
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'The Tearing of Mens Sides with Hooks or iron Combs' Prisoners are strung out on a rack and their bodies are given a cruel 'combing'.
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Source | Dom Augustin Calmet, Dictionary of the Holy Bible (1732) volume 2 page 486 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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