Adriaen Huybrechts

Parts of the broom (1578)

Adriaen Huybrechts was a Flemish printmaker.

Parts of the broom: three forms of justice

One of Huybrechts's works from 1578, titled "Accipe tres lector triplici sub imagine formas / Justitiae juncti quas monstrant ordine fasces" shows a broom on top, then the three parts from which a broom is made: birch twigs, a stick, and rope. Illustrations show how these three items are used for punishment at different ages:

• Parts of the Broom
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  A child whipped by a schoolmaster with rods

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  A boy beaten by his master with a stick

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  A man (thief) punished by the authorities with rope (hanging)

The entire page is trilingual in Latin, French and Dutch. The lower half of the page prints the law of Moses.

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