Pics

This is a small collection of pillories and other pictures of historical shaming in East-Asia and Western Europe that can be found online:

 

“punishment of the ladder” BNF ms. fr. 167, fol. 301v. Bible moralisée (1345-1355).

“currant nudi” for adultary. Coutume de Toulouse, (between 1300 and 1325), BNF ms lat. 9187, f. 30v.

Man and woman undergoing public exposure for adultery in Japan, from: Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs, by J. M. W. Silver, Illustrated by Native Drawings, Reproduced in Facsimile by Means of Chromo-lithography, published in London, 1867.
Man and woman undergoing public exposure for attempted double love suicide (not adultery!) in Japan, from: “Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs”, by J. M. W. Silver, Illustrated by Native Drawings, Reproduced in Facsimile by Means of Chromo-lithography, published in London, 1867.”

Public exposure for attempted double love suicide in Japan, from: “Japanese export paintings : unknown Japanese artist. Doshisha University Library Call No. 721.83?J9104.

Public exposure of two monks and gokumon (exposure of severed head) in Japan, from: “Japanese export paintings : unknown Japanese artist. Doshisha University Library Call No. 721.83?J9104.”

Gotischer Pranger (frühes 16. Jahrhundert) auf dem Marktplatz von Schwäbisch Hall
Gotischer Pranger (frühes 16. Jahrhundert) auf dem Marktplatz von Schwäbisch Hall

Halseisen am Ilmenauer Rathaus
Halseisen am Ilmenauer Rathaus

Braine-le-Château (Belgium), the pillory and the Bailli House.
Braine-le-Château (Belgium), the pillory and the Bailli House.

Pillory at Poznan, PL
Pillory at Poznan

pillory at Mons (Belgium) Place du chapitre
pillory at Mons (Belgium) Place du chapitre

Pillory at Presencio, Spain
Pillory at Presencio, Spain

The pillory at Charing Cross as drawn by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for Ackermann's Microcosm of London (1808-11).
The pillory at Charing Cross as drawn by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for Ackermann’s Microcosm of London (1808-11).


Pillory at Gaasbeek, NL

Pillory at Barcelos, Portugal
Pillory at Barcelos, Portugal

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