being flogged, flayed, hanged, burned, broken on the wheel,
etc., etc., and with following motto: “Scopus Legis est aut ut
eu que punit emendet, aut poena eius caeteros melliores reddet
aut sublatis malis caeteri securiores vivat.”
1017 Engraving showing metal bull being heated, preparatory to
placing Christian martyrs inside to be roasted to death.
1018 Perspective showing the buildings of the Schwabach prison
and torture-house, with man receiving the bastinado.
1019 Regulus being headed into a barrel with spiked nails,
preparatory to being rolled down a hill.
1020 Engraving showing the execution of a famous robber band,
some being hanged, broken on the wheel, and the chief being
decapitated.
NOTE.—The following twenty-nine engravings are taken from the
celebrated Torture Law-book, “Constitutio Criminalis
Theresiana,” which book contains the series of laws passed by
the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, etc., etc., and dated
Vienna, the last day of December, 1768. It appears that up to
this date torture could be inflicted at the will and decree of
any governor of a province, judge, or feudal lord. The Empress,
however, determined that laws should be passed not only limiting
these powers, but minutely detailing the various crimes for
which torture was to be allowed, the mode and form in which it
was to be applied, and giving drawings, diagrams, and
descriptions of the instruments to be used, as follows:
1021 The thumbscrew, its application and directions for use.
1022 Diagram showing formation of the thumbscrew.
1023 Showing how the thumbs should be placed when applying the
thumbscrew.
1024 Showing prisoners under the torture of the thumbscrew.
1025 The punishment of the cord, showing the formation and
appearance of the binding-cord.
1026 Showing the application of the cord, with diagram of the
human arm under the infliction of the torture of the
binding-cord.
1027 The arms bound together with the cord.
1028 Showing the stretching ladder, with details as to binding
the prisoner preparatory to being stretched.
1029 Prisoner bound on stretching ladder, with winding apparatus
for stretching him.
1030 Another diagram of the stretching ladder, with prisoner
being stretched.
1031 Showing the formation of the bundle of candles used for
burning portions of the condemned’s body while on the stretching
ladder.
1032 Prisoner undergoing the torture of burning while on the
stretching ladder.
1033 Three engravings showing the formation of the Spanish boot
(see No. 322), with diagrams giving mode of application.
1034 Prisoner undergoing the torture of the Spanish boot.
1035 Four engravings showing the thumb-presser, its formation
and application.
1036 Three illustrations giving details of bench or seat on
which victim was laid or sat preparatory to being bound, with
diagram showing the hands fastened together.
1037 Four illustrations showing wheel and hoist with which the
condemned was raised, giving also particulars of weights which
were to be attached to his feet, and diagram of man being so run
up.
1037a Three illustrations of the spiked shinbone pressers, their
formation and use.
The Collection of Engravings and Prints,
_Showing the Old Town of Nuremberg, its Surroundings, Customs
and Costumes._
1038 Public shooting competition in Nuremberg, in 1614, and
procession attending it.
1039 Church of the bare-footed monks as it was before the fire
in 1671.
1040 Soldiers entering the old town.
1041 The former fortress of Lichtenau, near Nuremberg.
1042 The square near the Neuenthor, Nuremberg.
1043 View of the Castle Grünsberg, near Nuremberg.
1044 View looking towards the hospital gate at Nuremberg.
1045 Festival of cross-bow men at Nuremberg.
1046 View of the Frauenthor at Nuremberg.
1047 Front view of the Nuremberg Arsenal.
1048 The house of the ancient family of Von Grundherr in 1356.
1049 View of the five-cornered tower of the Castle of Nuremberg.
1050 Encampment of the Franconian troops outside Nuremberg in
1793.
1051 View of Nuremberg Castle, on ascending the hill.
1052 Encampment of French troops near Nuremberg in 1796.
1053 Nuremberg beadle in old costume.
1054 The Frauenthor at Nuremberg.
1055 View of the Imperial Castle at Nuremberg.
1056 Armored Knight on horseback, 16th century.
1057 Pencil-drawing of the Rosenau at Nuremberg.
1058 View of the Castle.
[Illustration:
_See Catalog, No. 971._
]
1059 View of same from another aspect.
1060 View of the town from the Wortherthor.
1061 Views of the St. Egidus Church and School in 1696.
1062 View of the town after the burning of the above church,
1696.
1063 Nuremberger Militiamen in 1803.
1064 The Church of Our Lady at Nuremberg.
1065 Burning of Ulm in 1688.
1066 Jollification of peasantry at a fair.
1067 Public games at Nuremberg, fencing, etc., etc.
1068 Carthusian Chapel.
1069 St. Walburgi’s Church.
1070 The gate of the Castle.
1071 View of Nuremberg and poetic description of same.
1072 View of Gostenhof, suburb of Nuremberg.
1073 The Cemetery of St. John, near Nuremberg.
1074 View in the Büchenglingen wood, near Nuremberg, and public
entertainments therein.
1075 The hotel of the Golden Goose, formerly the house-of-call
of the royal mails, date 1701.
1076 A member of the legal profession in olden times.
1077 The Cloister Church in Nuremberg.
1078 Conrad Fürleger, governor of the town fortress in 1679.
1079 Portrait of Nicolas Muffel, Senator, born 1410, died 1469.
1080 View of the Pfalzgrafenstube at Nuremberg.
1081 View of Town and Castle.
1082 The annual festivities of the Guild of Fishermen.
1083 Undertakers of the olden times.
1084 Castle Hiltpoltstein, near Nuremberg.
1085 View of the Castle from the cemetery.
1086 Fire at the Church of St. Egidus.
1087 Panoramic view of a procession of soldiers marching from
the Arsenal to the Castle.
1088 A series of eight colored prints showing the following
ceremonies: 1. Procession of foundlings on St. John’s Day. 2.
Annual Christmas fair. 3. Carol singers. 4. Councillors
inspecting the bread. 5. Examination of the children in the
churches. 6. Proclamation of the Easter fair. 7. Ceremony of
proclaiming the freedom of the city. 8. The drummers beating in
the New Year.
1089 The Church of St. Leonard, 1612.
1090 View from the old Town Hall, 1614.
1091 The prison at Bamberg, where witches were incarcerated.
1092 Plan showing the position of the Swedish troops before
Nuremberg in 1632.
1093 Festivities of the Butchers’ Guild.
1094 View of the hospital gate.
1095 Explosion of the Nuremberg powder mill, 1766.
1096 The grand hall of the Rathhaus.
1097 The inner courtyard of the Castle of Nuremberg, showing
Queen Cunnigunde’s lime tree.
1098 A set of four costume engravings.
1099 View of the fortifications of the town.
1100 Three hawkers of the olden time.
1101 Panoramic view of the town, 1599.
1102 The Castle of Rotheberg, three miles from Nuremberg, date
1793.
1103 The Emperor Charles’s Chapel at Fuerth, near Nuremberg,
built in 838.
1104 The Mayor, attended by Councillors, going to the Town Hall.
1105 Colored view of the Castle towards the west.
1106 The White Tower, 1701.
1107 Ascent of the aëronaut Blanchart on November 16, 1787.
Colored print.
1108 Picture showing condemned wine, seized and taken towards
the river by the authorities.
1109 Winter festival, sledge drive given by the Mayor of
Nuremberg, in honor of Count Stolberg, in 1763.
1110 The band of the Militia in early times.
1111 Procession of the German Emperor Leopold, attended by the
patricians of the town, 1658.
1112 A Nuremberg patrician and attendant going to the Council in
1620.
1113 View from the wooden bridge over the Pegnitz.
1114 Parade of the Royal Bavarian National Guard at Nuremberg in
1812.
1115 The Landauer Chapel, 1700.
1116 View of St. Jobst in 1702.
1117 View over the Pegnitz, the debtor’s bridge.
1118 The fruit market.
1119 Four engravings of costumes.
1120 Annual meeting of the crack shots.
1121 St. Moritz Chapel, with funeral procession.
1122 View of St. Jobst, near Nuremberg.
1123 A bridegroom and bride of the nobility.
1124 Very old view of Nuremberg Castle.
1125 View of the Haller Gate, with two bridges over the Pegnitz,
in 1693.
1126 The Franciscan Church in 1126.
1127 The meat market in Nuremberg in 1680.
1128 View from the Castle.
1129 View from the bridges.
1130 Personifications of various Nuremberg slang terms.
1131 Same.
1132 View of an overflow of the river.
1133 Ruins of the Emperor Charles’s Chapel at Fuerth.
1134 Colored print showing eight different grades of inhabitants
of Nuremberg.
1135 The town-crier and his attendants.
1136 The Hallerthor at Nuremberg, from the exterior.
1137 Pencil-sketch view of town.
1138 The sentinel on the ramparts.
1139 Another view of the old lime-tree at Nuremberg.
1140 The Church of St. John.
1141 Procession and entry of the Emperor Joseph in 1704.
1142 View of Nuremberg near the park gate.
1143 The water-gate at Nuremberg.
1144 The hostelry of the Red Horse in 1701.
1145 View of the Sophia spring at Grünsberg.
1146 Foundations of old buildings.
1147 Procession of the Guild of Clothworkers in 1722.
1148 Entry of the German Emperor, Matthias I., 1612.
1149 View of the Castle towards the town.
1150 Winter diversions near Nuremberg.
1151 Nuremberg female peasant, 1701.
1152 Same, with rain cloth, 1701.
1153 A lady of rank walking, 1701.
1154 Great banquet in Town Hall at Nuremberg to celebrate the
peace of 1649.
1155 Plans showing town and neighborhood.
1156 Guild procession in 1687.
1157 The entrance gate at St. Peter.
1158 A Town Councillor.
1159 A merchant.
1160 Attendant at funerals.
1161 A bridegroom of the Patrician order.
1162 A battle near Nuremberg in 1657.
1163 Nuremberg star singers.
1164 Drummers.
1165 A Patrician bride.
1166 A jester.
1167 Characteristic impersonations of Nuremberg terms.
1168 A bird’s-eye view of Nuremberg, 15th century.
1169 Distribution of presents from the windows of the Town Hall.
1170 View of the Park.
1171 The Fortress of Nuremberg, looking west.
1172 View from the Lauferthor.
[Illustration:
_See Catalogue, No. 939._
]
1173 The corn market.
1174 Competition of cross-bowmen in 1768.
1175 View outside the Nuremberg Town Hall on the occasion of
paying homage to Charles VI., on January 18, 1712.
1176 View of Nuremberg, with key to buildings, etc.
1177 Curious building at Nuremberg in 1646.
1178 Twelve ancient costume pictures in one frame, with poetic
inscriptions.
1179 Four large colored views of the different gates of
Nuremberg.
1180 Post at St. Rochus.
1181 View of Nuremberg Castle.
1182 An inviter to a wedding and a toast-master.
1183 Four female costumes.
1184 A peasant and his family on the way to church.
1185 View of the Town Hall from St. Sebald.
1186 Inundations at Nuremberg, 1784; water-color drawing by
Prasch.
1187 The chimney sweeps’ (of Nuremberg) annual outing.
1188 Plan of a fortification of Nuremberg.
1189 Twenty characteristic engravings of Nuremberg slang terms.
1190 View of Charles’s Chapel, with four saints.
1191 Procession of the old Guilds, the Tapemakers and
Bellfounders.
1192 Overflow of the Pegnitz in February, 1784.
1193 View of the Laufergasse in Nuremberg.
1194 Three clergymen in ancient costumes.
1195 A Nuremberg peasant.
1196 View from the Castle.
1197 View from the river island at Nuremberg.
1198 View of the Castle Courtyard.
1199 Procession of the Guild of the Turners on September 21,
1700.
1200 Twenty-four characteristic skits of Nuremberg.
1201 Perspective view of the Rathhaus, with burgomaster and
councillors.
1202 A Nuremberg market woman.
1203 Four processions of the Guilds of Compassmakers in 1688.
1204 A Jewess going to the Synagogue.
1205 A Nuremberg clergyman.
1206 A Jew going to the Synagogue.
1207 A view of Stein, near Nuremberg.
1208 The annual lottery in the Rathhaus.
1209 View from the Lauferthor.
1210 Very curious work done by Johann Leonard Tauber at
Nuremberg in 1752, being a representation of a ball and cross
(Reichsapfel), all composed of the six degrees of the Christian
faith, Luther’s catechism with explanation, the morning and
evening prayers, and a great many other portions of Holy Writ,
all written with pen and ink. In the rose alone is the Lord’s
Prayer entire. This can all be distinctly read with a magnifying
glass.
1211 Two colored engravings—the bridegroom and two pages, the
bride and two Town Councillors.
1212 The Poet’s Wood, near Nuremberg.
1213 The five-cornered tower.
1214 Two views of St. Moritz’s Chapel, one as in 1300 and one as
in 1313.
1215 Pencil-drawing of General Tilly, commander of Imperial
troops at Nuremberg, 1634.
1216 The gymnasium with gymnastic performances.
1217 The St. Margaret’s Chapel in the Castle.
1218 Procession of Sausagemakers, an antique usage in early
times, 1658.
1219 The Observatory at Nuremberg, 1716.
1220 The Engelthal Convent, near Nuremberg.
1221 The famous lime-tree.
1222 The fort of Reicheneck, near Nuremberg.
1223 Water-color, showing the Thiergaertnerthor.
1224 Water-color, the Lauferthor.
1225 Ditto, the Hospitalthor.
1226 Ditto, the Neuethor.
1227 Ditto, the Wördterthor.
1228 Ditto, the Frauenthor.
1229 View of a square in Nuremberg.
1230 A similar view.
1231 Lawelshof, a suburb of Nuremberg.
1232 A colored plan of the encampment of Swedish troops before
Nuremberg, 1632.
1233 A dedication on the 100th jubilee of the cross-bowmen in
1782.
1234 View of Town Hall, 1671.
1235 A miracle outside the five-cornered tower in 1631.
1236 Burning of the Church of St. Laurence.
1237 View of Betzenstein, near Nuremberg.
1237a A Nuremberg mouse-trap dealer.
1238 The burg from the east side.
1239 Colored prints, outside suburbs of Nuremberg.
1240 The Cemetery of St. Rochius.
1241 The Haymarket in Nuremberg, 1701.
1242 A town singer.
1243 Entrance to a pleasure-garden in the Park.
1244 View of a pleasure-garden.
1245 The St. Augustin Convent.
1246 Plan of the floods, showing height of waters in 1595 and
1784.
1247 St. Martha’s Church.
1248 Inspection of the bakeries by the Commission.
1249 The fishermen’s competition on the river.
1250 The junior burgomaster on his way to town.
1251 The summoning officer and his attendants.
1252 Three judicial officials.
1253 Two Nuremberg girls in costume, with poetic description.
1254 A guild’s procession.
1255 View of the Spittlerthor and Arsenal.
1256 Large view of Nuremberg, with key, after Lorenz Strauch.
1257 Battle between French and Austrians outside Nuremberg in
1800.
1258 Murder of two young Viscounts of Nuremberg.
1259 The Twelve Carthusian Brothers.
1260 Street scene in Nuremberg.
1261 Old view.
1262 Costumes of the 17th century.
1263 Pencil-drawing of one of the gates.
1264 The great market and beautiful fountain.
1265 Road leading to the Castle.
1266 Funeral of a Nuremberg Patrician, 1794.
1267 A wedding at home amongst the nobility.
1268 The five-cornered tower.
1269 A similar view.
1270 Departure of the French in 1801.
1271 View from the Lauferthor, looking towards the Woertherthor.
1272 View near the Neuethor.
1273 View on the frozen river, with skating.
1274 View of the large bronze fountain, by George Schweigger, in
1660.
1275 Exhibition of relics at Easter.
1276 View of the town in 1511.
1277 Chase of a thief or beggar.
1278 Siewel tower of Nuremberg.
1279 View of the burg.
1280 A Nuremberg toast-master.
1281 The Fleischbrücke.
1282 St. Nicholas Chapel.
1283 The fruit-market in 1725.
1284 The Castle looking north.
1285 Street in Nuremberg, towards the Spittlerthor.
1286 Pen-and-ink drawing, view of the town.
1287 Large view, with key.
1288 Hostelry or house of call for merchants from Leipzig fair,
and where the Customs examination took place.
1289 The Fleischbrücke, looking towards the Castle.
1290 A view of the Castle.
1291 Counting-house of the firm of Bestelmayer.
1292 Nuremberg Councillors going to church after the election of
Emperor Leopold II. as Romish Emperor of Germany, 1790.
1293 The Nuremberg Patricians.
1294 The wheat brewery.
1295 A milk-seller.
1296 St. Walburgi’s Church.
1297 Isle of Nuremberg and riding-school.
1298 View on a lake near Nuremberg.
1299 Two foundling children.
1300 The Judenbüler postern.
1301 View after the battle between Austrians and French, outside
Nuremberg, in 1800.
1302 The town-jester.
1303 Interior of the armory, 1728.
1304 Fishing on the Dutzenteich.
1305 A female going on sentry duty.
1306 The fencing-school.
1307 The sport of bull-fighting, 1795.
1308 Imperial troops before Nuremberg, 1785.
1309 Old house near the Castle.
1310 The French troops leaving Nuremberg in 1796.
1311 View of the Lauferthor.
1312 Large interior of St. Lorenz Church, 1696.
1313 Large interior of St. Sebaldus Church, 1693.
1314 Burning of a water-mill.
1315 Interior of the opera-house.
1316 The island of the Pegnitz.
1317 Fisherman’s hut near the lake.
1318 The Pellerhaus.
1319 Public gardens.
1320 Colored print of the five-cornered tower of the Castle of
Nuremberg.
1321 Large wooden coat-of-arms which hung outside the gate of
the Castle of Nuremberg while the town was under the dominion of
Austria.
1322 Cherry-stone, on which are minutely and exquisitely carved
113 eminently characteristic heads of emperors, princes, popes,
and other historical persons. Highly interesting and unique
specimen, the masterpiece of the celebrated Nuremberg carver,
PETER FLOETNER, who lived there in the early part of the
sixteenth century. It is specially mentioned in JOHANN
NEUDORFFER’S book on Nuremberg artists, and was formerly in the
collection of Art Treasures at Bayreuth Castle, the ancient seat
of the Margraves of Brandenburg.
1323 Oil-painting. View of Nuremberg.
1324 Oil-painting. View near Nuremberg. Winter scene.
1325 Oil-painting. Map of Nuremberg, period of the thirty years’
war.
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