Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
I finally voted option one, raising the entire cross, from the 'arousal' viewpoint. It occurs to me that this is the method I use in my stories. It has the particularity that the condemned will experience the transfer of the body weight from the back to the nail points during the proces of raising, thereby sliding down along the stipes, practically without the possibility to slow it down. There is also the agonising 'jolt' when the cross comes to rest in its upright position. The condemned will experience more the removal of the last 'comfort', i.e. lying on the back.
I already noticed that this method culd me less practical from the technical viewpoint. In some stories set in a today's dystopic world, however, I solved this problem by having the cross raised up by a crane http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/a-matter-of-honor.1115/page-2 or by a hydraulic or pneumatic telescopic cylinder http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/the-acts-of-julia-of-brixellum.6096/page-11#post-319949
I already noticed that this method culd me less practical from the technical viewpoint. In some stories set in a today's dystopic world, however, I solved this problem by having the cross raised up by a crane http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/a-matter-of-honor.1115/page-2 or by a hydraulic or pneumatic telescopic cylinder http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/the-acts-of-julia-of-brixellum.6096/page-11#post-319949