Editor: Chiara Petrolini

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Dieu ordonnant à Satan d'éprouver Job - Job sacrifiant (1470-1480)

from: Jean Mansel (1400?-1473?) : La fleur des hystoires

Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Ms 1562, fol. 118

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Bible, JobBible, Old TestamentFireFranceManuscript

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Elijah confounds the prophets of Baal by putting their God to a challenge. Only Elijah's sacrifice to God is consumed by fire (III Kings 18: 25-40) (1539)

from: Britain

Boston, The Harvard Art Museums

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1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: BibleElijahFire

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Fictitious illustration of a medieval ritual murder accusation (1627)

from: Matthäus Rader, Bavaria Sancta Band III, 1627, p. 173

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

Keywords: AntisemitismBloodBlood LibelJewish HistoryJews

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Four men worshipping at a fire altar and idol shrine (1650-1700)

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

Keywords: FireIdolatryIranIslamManuscriptPersiaSacrifice ComparedSafavidZoroastrianismZoroastrians

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Frontespiece of Pierre Jurieu, Histoire critique des dogmes et des cultes, Amsterdam, 1704 (1704)

BnF, Gallica

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

Keywords: AntiquarianismSacrifice Compared

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Gregory the Great celebrating Mass (1465-1480)

from: Book of Hours Spain, perhaps Burgos or Segovia

New York, The Morgan Library Library & Museum, MS M.854 fol. 225v

Topics:
4. Sacrifice and Eucharist (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Christ's SacrificeEucharistMassSpain

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Handprints left by the wives of the maharaja before the Sati [1843]

Mehrangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

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Handprints of women who committed sati

Wall of the Junagarh Fort (Bikaner, Rajasthan, India)

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaPoliticsSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWarWomen

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Hanuman and the monkeys assault the demons, forcing Indrajita to break off the sacrifice that would make him invincible (1597-1605)

from: The Ramayana (Tales of Rama; The Freer Ramayana), Volume 2

National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

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

Keywords: IndiaMughalRamayana

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Ibrâhîm [Abraham] holding a knife is about to sacrifice his son Ismâ'îl (Ishmael) who kneels before him (1580)

from: Qisas al-Anbiyâ [Qazvin?]

The New York Public Library, Spencer Coll. Persian MS. 46

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacAngelHuman SacrificeIconographyIranIsaacIshmaelIslamKnifeManuscriptPersiaRamSafavid

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Israel: sacrifice of a red heifer (Vue du camp d'Israel et de la cérémonie du sacrifice de la vache rousse). Coloured etching (1760 -1792)

from: A Paris : chez Mondhare

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice FireJewish SacrificeJewish Studies

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Jewish sacrificing children to demons (IX^th Century)

from: Psalterium, Constantinople / Istanbul

Paris, BnF, Grec. 20, fol. 18

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

Keywords: AntisemitismBlood LibelChild SacrificeJewish StudiesManuscriptPsalms

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Job offering sacrifice (for Job 1: 5)

from: Olympiodorus, Diaconus

Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Laud Gr. 86 (Ms from Venice)

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Bible, JobCalfManuscript

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Kapparot. Yom Kippur, the day before (1705)

from: from: Friedrich Albrecht Christiani, Der Juden Glaube und Aberblaub, Leipzig 1705, p. 102

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice ChickenJewish SacrificeJewish StudiesKapparot

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Killing of the Passover Lamb, putting blood on the lintel and the door-posts (1335-1340)

from: Rylands Sephardi Haggadah, Passover Haggadah (Catalonia, Spain)

Manchester, The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 6, fol. 19v

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice BloodHaggadahJewish SacrificeJewish StudiesLambRitual SlaughteringSpain

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Manoah and his wife sacrificing [1430]

from: Psalterium romanum [Mantova]

Paris, BnF, Ms Latin 772, fol. 8

Topics:
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice BibleFireManoahManuscript

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Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph. Lettering includes Punjabi inscriptions (s.d.)

London, Wellcome Collection

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

Keywords: Brahminical RitesBrahminsHinduIndia

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Martyrdom of the prophet Zakarīyā (Zechariah) (XVI)

from: Nīšāpūrī, Isḥāq Ibn-Ibrāhīm: Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Diez A fol. 3

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

Keywords: BibleIranIslamMartyrdomPersiaQur'an

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Martyrdom of Zakariya (XVI)

from: ishâq nishâbûrî, qisas-i qur'ân. [Qazvin, Iran]

Paris, BnF, Persan 54, fol. 144v

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

Keywords: BibleHuman SacrificeIranIslamManuscriptMartyrdomPersiaQur'anZakarîyâ (Zacharias)

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Mass of St. Gregory (Aztec Amanteca, Mexican feather work)

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 4. Sacrifice and Eucharist (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: EucharistMexico