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ID: 326
Ressource_Provider: Jérôme Bourgon
Title: Burning eyes torture
DocumentNature: Watercolor
Repository: Turandot
Color: Color
Caption: BURNING A MAN'S EYES WITH LIME.
A small quantity of unslacked lime is put into pieces of cotton cloth, and closely applied to the organs of sight.
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MANIÈRE DE BRULER LES YEUX DES HOMMES, AVEC LA CHAUX.
On met une petite quantité de chaux vive sur des pièces de toile de coton, et on les applique sur les organes de la vue.
Topic: Judicial Torture 拷問
Keyword: eye, lime, officer, burn
Bibliography
1:Name:
MASON, George Henry, Pu-qùa (ill.), DADLEY (grav.) The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-two Engravings with Explanations in English and French
Related Replication (1)
1 Ressource_Provider: Jérôme Bourgon
Title: Burning eyes with lime
Information: This bizarre torture only appears in Mason's book, later copied by Malpière. It is attested in no other Chinese or Western books or images, and is therefore highly dubious. Unlikelyhood reaches a climax when Malpière writes that this treatment was reserved to convicts enslaved to Bannermen — to blind one's slave would be even more stupid than cruel!
Related VisualSet (1)
1 Title: The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-two Engravings with Explanations in English and French
DocumentNature: Engraving
Derniére modification le : 2006-12-12 |
