The Interrogation Seat

The Throne 

The mask of infamy

The culprit had to wear them in public, in order to let everybody know that
a crime had been discovered and that the culprit was paying for this fault.

Their shape was very fanciful, often commited to the fantasy of the craftmen of the village and it is
difficult to understand if it was directly connected to the kind of sin.

The Street Sweepers Daughter or The Stork

The term Stork given to this torture device was coinde by L.A. Muratori in his book Italian Annals (1749)
The use of this term is attributed to the Roman courts of justice and inquisition during the period between
the second half of the sixteenth century and the year 1650, circa.

The origins of the even stranger name, “The Street Sweepers Daughter” are not known, but it is taken form the
name of an identical model preserved in the Tower of London. Whatever the origins of its names, the device
seems to be a perfect example of the many different constraint systems used during the Inquisition.

In reality, the position assumed by the victim was the result of careful study and produces, even after only a
few minutes, strong and painful muscular cramps in the abdomen and rectal areas. Eventually, cramps begin to plague the chest, neck,
arms and legs causing more and more pain, especially in the abdomen and rectum. As time passed, the person bound be the Stork would pass from merely suffering to a condition of full madness.

The hand Saw