Source: A. L. Crego : blizzardofjj: ancientorigins: Hand crushing…
Hand crushing machine used by the Catholic Church in the 15th century to punish those with “greedy hands.”
From French executioner Fernand Meyssoniers’ private historical torture device collection
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I updated it to our current times… ‘Self censorship’
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Good point. I always assume that these contraptions are pieces of art, and not actual historical artifacts. But this one is not presented as such.