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The "Vierge de Fer"

(Reader Contribution to 10 Most Frightening Torture Techniques from the Middle Ages)

The "Vierge de Fer" (trad: Iron Virgin) was an iron sarcophagus with blades inside. The torture consists of closing slowly the door of the sarcophagus over the victim's body.
sent by Inquisiteur
8/4/2009
source: http://www.heresie.com/vierge.htm
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