Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Gibbet

See also: Halifax Gibbet in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

Halifax Gibbet §

A medieval beheading machine similar to the guillotine.

Default orientation: upright. Proper coloration: brown wood.

Source: De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae. (1532 Steiner edition; BL 1613536198.) Artist unknown. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.