Scene of sacrifice | Sacrifiles

Ferdinandi, Francesco

Scene of sacrifice

Year: [1721 - 1722]

Location: Palazzo Reale, Turin

Keywords: Ancient SacrificesWomen

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Authority file: http://viaf.org/viaf/95798841

Edited by: Marco Albertoni

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Moor, Edward

Hindu Infanticide: An Account of the Measures Adopted for Suppressing the Practice of the Systematic Murder by Their Parents of Female Infants; with Incidental Remarks on Other Customs Peculiar to the Natives of India

London: Johnson, 1811.

Topics:
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Anonymous / Unknown

Dasaratha and his wives perform sacrifices so that they may be blessed with sons.Inscribed on the reverse: ‘Dasaratha Rajah performs Putrakamesti (or sacrifice in desire of sons) (ca 1900)

from: Add MS Or 521

British Library, London

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Keywords: IndiaWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Scene of a Sati, with a woman throwing herself into the flames amid a crowd playing trumpets. Above, a winged devil holds the banner with the book's title and the torch with which he lights the ritual fire. (1670)

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Topics:
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Keywords: AntiquarianismFireIndiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Satī (17th)

from: Manuscript, Iran

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireIranSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Miel, Jan

Berenice offers her hair to Venus [1662 - 1663]

Palazzo Reale, Turin

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Ancient SacrificesWomen