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| Keywords: Hispalis (Seville), Braun & Hoefnagel, 1565.jpg en A view of the city of Seville under its Roman name Hispalis published in the third volume of Georg Braun's Civitatis Orbis Terrarum 1597 ; a somewhat exaggerated perspective taken from viewpoint somewhere near the palace of Buhaira south-east of the city looking west or slightly northwest The lower 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 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 Onlookers are making the cabrón the obscene sign of the horns http //pamphletofarchitecture blogspot com/ Photographer unknown; artwork originally by Joris Hoefnagel engraved by Franz Hogenberg 1565 published 1597 PD-Art http //pamphletofarchitecture blogspot com/2010/09/blog-post html PD-Art Maps and topographical views by Joris Hoefnagel Ž Paintings of Seville Public humiliation People with donkeys in art Horns in art Walls in art Historical images of Walls of Seville | ||||
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