The torture cross
Germany , 16th-17th century
Very brutal torture instrument where the delinquent was fixed with iron
shackles at the wrists and the knees and had his neck enclosed in an iron
collar . By turning the screw, sharp spikes ( 4.5 cm long) transperced
his bowels just underneath the chest , then he had his belly crushed by
the descending beam.
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