RefNo | CLP/16/45/2 |
Level | Item |
Title | Figures, Roman torture methods by Joanne Ward |
Date | 1729 |
Description | Two engraved figures, labelled A and B, showing two forms of imposing torture or capital punishment. Figure A shows the equuleo or equuleus method of torture in which the torture victim is stretched over the back of a horse on a rack. Figure B shows a method of crucifixion in which the torture victim is raised off the ground by the armpits on a U-shaped hook.
Subject: History
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'De eqvvleo' |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Printed |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0034 |
RelatedRecord | RBO/15/23 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7786 | Machin; John (- 1751) | - 1751 |