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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Fear or disgust of objects with repetitive patterns of small holes or protrusions Not to be confused with Trypanophobia. The holes in lotus seed heads elicit feelings of discomfort or repulsion in some people. Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns or clusters of ...
Hands with stigmata, depicted on a Franciscan church in Lienz, Austria St Catherine fainting from the stigmata by Il Sodoma, Church of Saint Pantaleon, Alsace, France. Stigmata (Ancient Greek: στίγματα, plural of στίγμα stigma, 'mark, spot, brand'), in Catholicism, are bodily wounds, scars and pain which appear in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ ...
Christ after his Resurrection, with the ostentatio vulnerum, showing his wounds, Austria, c. 1500. The five wounds comprised 1) the nail hole in his right hand, 2) the nail hole in his left hand, 3) the nail hole in his right foot, 4) the nail hole in his left foot, 5) the wound to his torso from the piercing of the spear.
Salle des Martyrs at the Paris Foreign Missions Society.The ladder-like apparatus in the middle is the cangue that was worn by Pierre Borie in captivity.. A cangue (/ k æ ŋ / KANG), in Chinese referred to as a jia or tcha (Chinese: 枷) is a device that was used for public humiliation and corporal punishment in East Asia [1] and some other parts of Southeast Asia until the early years of the ...
The stocks, pillory, and pranger each consist of large wooden boards with hinges; however, the stocks are distinguished by their restraint of the feet. The stocks consist of placing boards around the ankles and wrists, whereas with the pillory, the boards are fixed to a pole and placed around the arms and neck, forcing the punished to stand.
One of Tobin's neighbours recalled "Scottish Pete" digging a deep hole in his back garden around that time. Essex Police thought they were going to get answers for Ian McNicol and his family when ...
A man takes the place of Lisa del Giocondo in the Mona Lisa using a photo stand-in The back of a photo stand-in. A photo stand-in (also called a face-in-hole, face in the hole board, or photo cutout board) is a large board with an image printed on it and that has one or more holes cut out where people can stick their face through the board for humorous effect. [1]
The Shocker is a hand gesture with a sexual connotation. [1] The index, middle, and little fingers are extended, while the ring finger is curled or bent down. The index and middle fingers are held together. The thumb may be tucked against the palm or – in a variation on the gesture – extended. [2]