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| Keywords: Hispalis (Seville), Braun & Hoefnagel, 1565 (detail).jpg en Detail from the foreground of A view of the city of Seville published in the third volume of Georg Braun's Civitatis Orbis Terrarum 1597 Thisr part of the painting shows a strange scene itemised in the Key as S Execution de Justicia de los cornudos patientes and T Execution de l'acazuettas publicas The patient cuckold a man with bound hands wearing horns made from leafy branches or antlers wrapped with greenery hung with bells and flags and his adulterous wife half-dressed and surrounded by a swarm of bees are riding asses presumably as a punishment for their shameful behaviour Or is his wife the woman on the third ass who appears to be beating him and is in turn being beaten with a strap or belt by the man with a trumpet Five onlookers are making the cabrón the obscene sign of the horns A similar custom in England was sometimes known as a Skimmington Ride or Skimmity http //pamphletofarchitecture blogspot com/ Photographer unknown; artwork originally by Joris Hoefnagel engraved by Franz Hogenberg 1565 published 1597 PD-Art File Hispalis Seville Braun Hoefnagel 1565 jpg PD-Art Maps and topographical views by Joris Hoefnagel Ž Paintings of Seville Public humiliation People with donkeys in art Horns in art | ||||
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