Thursday, May 15, 2014

Naked scythes... on horseback?


The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vasili Koren, 1696
 


 













Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 131: MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES
§3963. Riding with naked scythe
(REPEALED)
1975





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Sources:

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vasili Koren, 1696.

Laws and Ordinances, Worcester (Mass.), Tyler & Seagrave, 1867, p. 255

The Revised Statutes of the State of Maine, Bangor, Wheeler & Lynde, 1857, p. 258

Maine Revised Statutes, 2014, http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17/title17sec3963.html

Death on the Pale Horse by Gustave Doré, 1865.






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