Hand cut off for contempt of court — Mythoi

Motif

Hand cut off for contempt of court.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Cruel punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q451.1.2

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Hands cut off as punishment. (Cf. S161.)

Filed beside it

Hand cut off as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.) Hand cut off for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Hand cut off (falls off) as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Arms cut off as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Right hands cut off enemy's messengers Arms cut off as punishment for slandering. (Cf. Q263.)

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