Editor: Chiara Petrolini

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Musei Borgiani Velitris. Tab I. Pictura exhibens sacrificium solis. Tav. II Pictura Indica autographa exhibens holocaustum ignis (1791)

from: Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo, Systema Brahmanicum liturgicum, mythologicum, civile, Rome 1791

New York Public Library

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AntiquarianismBrahminical RitesFireHinduIndiaSacrifice ComparedVedic

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Musei Borgiani Velitris. Tab III pictura indica autographa exhibens sacrificium Túkam (1791)

from: Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo, Systema Brahmanicum liturgicum, mythologicum, civile, Rome 1791

New York Public Library

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

Keywords: Brahminical RitesIndiaVedic

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Page from a manuscript of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. Above, Kṛṣṇa tells a group of cowherds, all standing in a line to go and ask the brahmin ladies who were then offering Vedic sacrifices. (1500)

from: Rajasthan (?)

The British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Brahminical RitesBrahminsIndiaVedic

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Pesah dorot (from the Birds’ Head Haggadah) (1300)

from: Birds’ Head Haggadah (Germany)

Israel Museum in Jerusalem

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice HaggadahJewish SacrificeJewish StudiesLamb

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Photograph shows the Kapparot. Two girls and a boy reading from a book; each girl is holding a hen as a man holds a rooster over the head of the boy. (1901)

from: Photographic prints

Library of Congress, Washington DC

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

Keywords: ChickenJewish StudiesKapparot

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Qābil (Cain) and the dead Hābil (Abel) (XVI)

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

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Diez A fol. 3

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

Keywords: AbelHuman SacrificeIranIslamManuscriptPersia

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Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, (c. 1710)

from: folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar, Court of Amar Singh II

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Keywords: HinduIndiaKingshipRamayana

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Rishyasringa performing the ceremony for obtaining sons. He is shown chanting mantras and pouring obligations into a fire with the help of priests (1712)

from: Ramayana, Bala Kanda [Udaipur]

London, British Library, Add. 15295, f. 36

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

Keywords: FireIndiaRamayana

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Ritual knife (grigug), Tibet (18th)

London, V&A Museum

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

Keywords: BuddhismKnifeTibet

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Sacrifice of a Lamb (14th)

from: Saint Augustin, La Cité de Dieu, traduite en français par Raoul de Presles, livres I-X

Paris, BnF, Français 20, fol. 253

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Jewish SacrificeLambManuscriptMoses

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Sacrifice of Iphigenia (1495)

from: Raoul Le Fèvre: Recueil des histoires de Troie (Belgium)

Paris, BnF, Français 22552, fol. 227

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

Keywords: Ancient GreekAncient SacrificeHuman SacrificeIphigeniaManuscriptWomen

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Sacrifice of Jephthah (1461)

from: Speculum humanae salvationis (Belgium)

Lyon. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 245, fol. 125

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

Keywords: BibleBible, JudgesHuman SacrificeJephthahWomen

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Sacrificial Fire, from the 'Tula Ram' Bhagavata Purana (c. 1720)

from: Western India, Gujarat, Surat

The Cleveland Museum of Art (Gift of John D. Proctor)

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

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaPurana

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Sacrificial Knife (Indonesia, West Java, Koetjang)

from: Indonesia, West Java, Koetjang

Dresden, Museum für Völkerkunde

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

Keywords: KnifeSouth East AsiaSoutheast Asia

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Sacrificing the Sabine cow (1470-1480)

from: Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, trad. Simon de Hesdin et Nicolas de Gonesse (Bruges)

Paris, BnF, Français 289 f.329v

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAnimal Sacrifice Blood

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Santiago matamoros (XIII)

from: Guitiriz, Lugo (Spain)

Church of Santa María de Labrada (frescos)

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: Human SacrificeIslamReconquistaSpain

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Santiago Matamoros

Capilla de San Juan Bautista y Santiago, Catedral de Burgos

Topics:
5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: IslamReconquistaSpain

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Sati (suttee): a woman immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist. (1800-1899)

from: India

London, Wellcome Collection

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

Keywords: Estado da ÍndiaFireIndiaSatiSatīWomen

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Sati Stone (18-19th)

from: Madhya Pradesh, India

Jahangir Mahal Museum

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2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GenderHinduSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen

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Sati Stone (s.d.)

from: Rajasthan, India

London, British Museum

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneSelf-SacrificeWomen