The House of Origin [Concluded]

[White_eyes:D]

I thought they raised it more in the middle when they wanted someone to die....or was that to live?

[Arjos]

The truth is, no one really knows for certain: there are no descriptions, nor drawings...
By its name "pollice verso", is clear the thumb is "turned", in which direction, nobody knows :P

[TinCow]

I thought they raised it more in the middle when they wanted someone to die....or was that to live?

That was my understanding as well, that it was thumb down to live and thumb kind of towards the chest to die. As Arjos said though, there's plenty of debate over the matter.

[Double A]

I thought it was up to die and sideways to live. That's what it was like on Courage.

[Ishmael]

It's so very tempting to link to the appropriate Order of the Stick comic, but I believe that's against our host's rules.

[Buddhafish]

I think it was up to live, and sideways to die. It was sideways because then the emperors thumb was pointing towards the heart. They never did a thumbs down I believe. Some painter came up with that one and everyone liked the idea.

[Double A]

It's so very tempting to link to the appropriate Order of the Stick comic, but I believe that's against our host's rules.

Good thing images are allowed.

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[Choxorn]

Hotlinking to OotS is impossible, you know.

[seireikhaan]

I'm not going to be able to get anything posted for a bit, so y'all get an extra five hours. Sorry for the delay.