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2.—Bound hand and foot to stakes and smeared with honey, and so left exposed to the sun, to be tortured by the stings of bees and other insects details |
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2.—Bound hand and foot to stakes and smeared with honey, and so left exposed to the sun, to be tortured by the stings of bees and other insects |
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Gallonio, the Rev. Father: “Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs” (1903) |
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nudity, torture, people, death, punishments, religion, greyscale |
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public domain in the USA, out of copyright in Canada, hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes and no usage credit required |
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A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey, were bound [naked] to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exposed to the rays of the sun, to be tortured by the stings of flies and bees. C. Martyr suspended by one foot; one leg is bent at the knee, which is constricted by means of an iron ring; the other being weighted with a heavy mass of iron. Nathan Bailry in his Universal Etymological Dictionary describes this under Kyphonism. |
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