Once  the  Penitentiaries  were  Secure  Places ...

Rasp-Huys, Het. Two convicts rasping in the fairly well-secured dungeon. Engraving by Caspar Luyken (1649 Amsterdam 1705). 8.8 x 8 cm.

Worked on the spot about 1700 for Christoph Weigel in Nuremberg as one of the "dishonorable professions". See Bauer, Chr. Weigel, 1982/83, pp. 842 ff. with especially footnote 413. – Appertaining sub + rear text in Dutch: Nowadays (thus once) the penitentiaries are secure places ...
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