German executioner's sword with engraving, 17th century AD

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frobeniusnorm@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 316d (1 reply)

"Et verbum caro fac[t]um est" means "And the word ist made flesh" (but only with the added 't')

Dadifer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 316d

That's pretty metal

PugJesus@piefed.social · 6 pts · 316d

One of my favorite stories about executioners is the French executioner Capeluche training the man who was assigned to kill HIM so he’d get it right. One clean chop - it would be terrible to have a botched execution where you linger in agony while some amateur hacks at your half-severed neck!