Foot torture method from the 15th century.

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Foot torture method from the 15th century. A man in doublet, stockings and crown with his right foot trapped in wooden stocks to be burnt or crushed. The torturer wears a hood, doublet, stockings and cracows (pointed shoes). From the Titius Livius manuscript in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries, Levy Fils, Paris, 1861.

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