Editing Flaying (section)

{{Short description|Method of execution}}
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[[Image:Last judgement.jpg|thumb|225px|[[Michelangelo]]'s ''[[The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)|The Last Judgment]]'' - [[St Bartholomew]] holding the knife of his martyrdom and his flayed skin; it is conjectured that Michelangelo included a self-portrait depicting himself as St Bartholomew after he had been flayed alive.]]

'''Flaying''' is a method of slow and painful torture and/or execution in which [[Human skin|skin]] is removed from the [[Human body|body]]. Generally, an attempt is made to keep the removed portion of skin intact.{{citation needed|date= October 2017}}