Scissors
guillotine.
A guillotine.
Its a simple ansewr. ITS A KNIFE!
gillotines
Guillotine.
The instrument of death you are asking about was called the 'Guilletine' , and actually was nothing like today's paper cutting machine except for name.
They used the guillotine to behead them
Scissors ? I suppose scissors was used during the French Revolution. But if you think about the device used to behead people : it is called the Guillotine.
The instrument you have here in question would be a variation of the guillotine. Once used as the instrument used in putting to death those sentenced to death. As a matter of fact, Spanish speaking persons use the same name for both, guillotina = the ancient machine of death and the modern hand operated paper cutting machine.
The most famous (and feared) one was the guillotine.
The guillotine was much used during the French Revolution to behead the aristocracy, those in power, and anyone who opposed the 'Peoples Revolution.' The last execution to use the guillotine in France was in September 1977. The death penalty was abolished in French in 1981.
The harpsichord was a popular instrument during the Renaissance.