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  • "Scourging" by Pier della Francesca, in the oratory of the crypt a

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • As he passed me, I noticed Strips of Flesh hanging loose on his back between the crisscrossed Scourging wounds of the Cat.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • My mom had a whole collection of L'Amour but I think she got rid of them in the great Christian Scourging of the last five years.

    now we're getting somewhere Holly 2005

  • "Scourging Scylla," ignoring Oreb, Incus had leveled his forefinger at Loris, "has given you nothing."

    Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994

  • "_Scourging Scylla_," ignoring Oreb, Incus had leveled his forefinger at Loris, "has given _you_ nothing."

    Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994

  • Scourging, or whipping, is often mentioned in the New Testament as a part of punishment.

    Barnes New Testament Notes 1949

  • Afterwards, the criminal was tied to a low post, Scourging is still practised in the East; but the blows are commonly inflicted on the soles of the feet.

    Barnes New Testament Notes 1949

  • Scourging was inflicted upon the persons executed as in the case of other capital punishments among the Romans.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • Such are the recently discovered fresco fragments, transported from the Casa Prinetti to the Brera (single figures of warriors, philosophers, poets, and singers); the more poorly preserved decorative paintings of the Casa Fontana, and among panel pictures undoubtedly the Scourging of Christ (Badia Chiaravalle near Milan).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • He was sent to the Orient as legate in 1217 and returned to Rome in 1222 bringing with him the Pillar of the Scourging, which remains to the present day in the chapel he built for it in his titular church.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

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