Editor: Chiara Petrolini – Image Gallery

Unknown

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

Unknown

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

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

Keywords: Brahminical RitesIndiaVedic

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1755)

from: Hagadah shel Pesah ‘im otiyot ve-tsiyurim na‘im

Hebrew Union College Library, ms. Ms. 447, frontispiece

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacIsaacJewish StudiesJewsJudaismManuscript

Dürer, Albrecht

The Circumcision of the infant Christ (1503-1505)

from: Germany. Series: Life of the Virgin

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Christcircumcision

Füssli, Johann Melchior

Sacrifice of pure Animals (1731)

from: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, Physica Sacra (Kupfer-Bibel), Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735, vol. 2, nach S. 378, Tafel 223 (ZB III ZZ 55) Illustriert Lev 1,2-3

Zürich, ZB, Graphische Sammlung, Füssli J.M. Phys. Sac. ZEI 63 / emanuscripta

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 BibleDrawingFireLeviticus

Anonymous / Unknown

Manoah and his wife sacrificing (1670)

from: La Saincte Bible, Contenant le Vieil and la Nouveau Testament, Enrichie de plusieurs belles figures/Sacra Biblia, nouo et vetere testamento constantia eximiis que sculpturis et imaginibus illustrata, De Limprimerie de Gerard Jollain

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

Keywords: AngelBibleFireManoah

Unknown

Tumi (cerimonial copper knife) (15th)

from: Peru

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Keywords: Inca EmpireKnifePeru

Muhammad `Ali Naqqash Mashhadi

the young Hindu woman accompanies her bridegroom's coffin to the funeral pyre and decides to commit sati (1657)

from: Walters manuscript W.649 (Burning and Melting)

The Walters Art Museum

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: FireIndiaIranIslamMughalPersiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen

Füssli, Johann Melchior

Himmelfeuer (1731)

from: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, Physica Sacra (Kupfer-Bibel), Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735, vol. 2, p. 384, Tafel 227 (ZB III ZZ 55)Illustriert Lev 10,2

Zürich, ZB, Graphische Sammlung, Füssli J.M. Phys. Sac. ZEI 67 / emanuscripta

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

Keywords: BibleFire

Sur Das Gujarati

"The First Adventure of the White Horse". The king performed the horse sacrifice in order to determine the extent of his rule. For one year a horse wanders and every land through which the horse passes becomes part of the king’s territory. Arjuna following the horse encountered the son-in-law of the god of fire, Agni, who creates a river of fire to block the warriors. Arjuna pleads with Agni, the god of fire that the horse be allowed to pass, saying that the horse sacrifice is in accordance with sacred Vedic injunctions, and that at the end of the year, the horse will be sacrificed to him, the god of fire himself. (1610-1617)

from: Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars)

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AsvamedhaHorsesIndiaKingshipMughal

Anonymous / Unknown

Purported Martyrdom of Simon of Trent (1465)

from: Tiberinus, Johannes Matthias, Passio Beati Simonis

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich

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

Keywords: AntisemitismBlood LibelChild SacrificeHuman SacrificesJewish StudiesSimon of Trent

Finiguerra, Maso - Baldini, Baccio (school of)

The Sacrifice of Polyxena (ca 1470-1475)

from: The Florentine Picture-Chronicle' page from the album (recto of 1889,0527.58): Pyrrhus (Neoptolemos) sacrificing Polyxena on the tomb of his father Achilles

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: AchillesPolyxenaWarWomen

Unknown

The preparation for the Passover festival: heep are slaughtered for Passover and a man purifies utensils in a cauldron over a fire (c. 1320)

from: Golden Haggadah (northern Spain)

London, British Library, Add 27210, fol. 15r

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 StudiesKnifeLambRitual Slaughtering

Raffaello Sanzio 1483–1520

The Mass at Bolsena (1512)

Stanza di Eliodoro, Raphael Rooms, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City

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

Keywords: Christ's SacrificeEucharistFrescoMass

Ross, Alexander; Reimer, Albert

Frontispiece of: Der gantzen Welt Religionen oder Beschreibung aller Gottes- und Götzendienste wie auch Ketzereyen in Asia, Africa, America und Europa (1668)

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

Keywords: IdolatrySacrifice Compared

Griselini, Francesco - Calimani, Simon

The Sacrifice of Isaac (frontispiece with eleven biblical miniatures centering around the Sacrifice of Isaac) (1739)

from: BIBLE, Hebrew. Arba'ah ve-Esrim [Complete Hebrew Bible with Italian glosses and with engravings by Francesco Griselini]. Venice: Bragadini for Isaac Foa, 1739.

Braginsky Collection (Zürich & Amsterdam)

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBibleBindingFrontispiceIsaacJewish Studies

Celesti, Andrea 1637-1711

Jewish Sacrifice

from: Venezia, Chiesa degli Incurabili

Venezia, Gallerie dell'Accademia

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

Keywords: FireJewish PriestJewish Sacrifice

Unknown/Anonymous

The Sacrifice of Isaac (17th)

from: Project on engraved sources of Spanish colonial art

Iglesia de San Martín, Potosí, Bolivia

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 IsaacAmericasIsaacSouth America

Anonymous / Unknown

(1670)

from: La Saincte Bible, Contenant le Vieil and la Nouveau Testament, Enrichie de plusieurs belles figures/Sacra Biblia, nouo et vetere testamento constantia eximiis que sculpturis et imaginibus illustrata, De Limprimerie de Gerard Jollain

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

Keywords: BibleSamsonSelf-Sacrifice

Unknown

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

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAnimal Sacrifice Blood

Unknown

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

Giolfino, Niccolò

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (15-16th)

from: Italy

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard Wheatland Object Number 1943.1841

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksAncient SacrificesHuman SacrificesIphigeniaPaintings

Qasim, Muhammad

Satī, from a Sūz u Gudāz manuscript. The pyre; the bride preparing to sacrifice herself (1650)

from: Nawʻi Khabushani, Muhammad Riz̤a, Sūz u Gudāz, fol. 31v

Chester Betty Library, Dublin, Ireland MS Pers 268, fol. 31b

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

Keywords: FireIranSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

[Wiener Meister]

Offering a goat as a sacrifice [1420-1430]

from: Codex Historienbibel, Vienna

Albertina, Vienna

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice BibleGoatsManuscript

Füssli, Johann Melchior

Verwerfliche Opfer (1731)

from: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, Physica Sacra (Kupfer-Bibel), Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735, vol. 2, p. 500, plate 282 (ZB III ZZ 55)Illustriert Lev 22,22-24

Zürich, ZB, Graphische Sammlung, Füssli J.M. Phys. Sac. ZEI 93 / emanuscripta

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 BibleFireLeviticus

Ross, Alexander; Reimer, Albert

Scene of idolatrous sacrifice (1668)

from: Der gantzen Welt Religionen oder Beschreibung aller Gottes- und Götzendienste wie auch Ketzereyen in Asia, Africa, America und Europa, Amsterdam, Joach. Nosch, 1668

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice HorsesIdolatry

Anonymous / Unknown

Miniature llama figurine, wrought in hammered gold, probably deposited as an offering to the mountain gods, accompanying a human sacrifice (1500-1532)

from: Peru

The British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Human SacrificeInca EmpireNative AmericansPeru

Anonymous / Unknown

Vedic fire ritual (homa) as part of the Raja-suya sacrifice of Yudhisthira at his capital Indra-prastha. One of the Pandavas stands before the sacrificial fire and his attendants stand before the priests. (1670-1680)

from: Bilaspur

V&A Museum, London

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

Keywords: FireIndiaMahābhārata

Brunelleschi, F.; Ghiberti, L.

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1401)

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacIsaac

Holbein the Elder, Hans

Les Lévites se nourriront des sacrifices (1538)

from: Holbein, Hans, Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, autant elegamment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées, Lyon, Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel [for Jean and François Frellon], 1538

Louvre, Paris

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice BibleLevite

Küsel, Melchior

The beheading of Augustine Ota in Japan on August 10, 1622. (1675)

from: Tanner, Mathias, Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, Prague 1675, p. 288

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: Augustine OtaChristian MissionaryJapanJesuits (S.J.)Martyrdom

Anonymous / Unknown

Jephte sacrifices his daughter (1493)

from: Cest le mirouer de la redempcion humaine (GW M4304210), Fol, f4r [Paris]

Stabi, Berlin

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

Keywords: BibleHuman SacrificesJephthahWomen

Füssli, Johann Melchior

Sacrifice for priestly ordination (1731)

from: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, Physica Sacra (Kupfer-Bibel), Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735, vol 2, p. 324, Tafel 203 (ZB III ZZ 55)Illustriert Ex 29,1

Zürich, ZB, Graphische Sammlung, Füssli J.M. Phys. Sac. ZEI 50 / emanuscripta

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 BibleDrawingFireLeviticus

Wolgemut [Wohlgemuth], Michael

Samson pulling down the house at Gaza (1491)

from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nuremberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 35v

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentGermanyMartyrdomSamsonSelf-SacrificeWoodcut

Anonymous / Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1400-1410)

from: Ems, Rudolf von, Weltchronik [Getty Museum, Ms. 33, fol. 34]

Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBibleBible, Old TestamentHuman SacrificesIsaac

Wierix, Antonius

The Circumcision of Christ (1600-1610)

from: Netherland. Series: The early life of Christ

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Christcircumcision

Unknown

Sati Stone (18th)

from: Madhya Pradesh, Orchha, India

Jahangir Mahal Museum

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

Keywords: GenderHinduIndiaSatiSatīSati-stoneWomen

Gerard of Wales

An Irish ritual of kingship: the sacrifice of a white mare and preparation of a stew, in which the king bathes and which his supporters ea (ca 1196-1223)

British Library, London [ms Royal 13 B. VIII, fol. 28v]

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice IrelandKingshipManuscript

Anonymous / Unknown

The sacrifice of Isaac. Isaac carries the wood for the sacrifice to Moriah (1460)

from: Speculum humanae salvationis, Newberry Library - 40, fol. 22v

Newberry Library, Chicago

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacBibleBrugesFireIsaacManuscript

Eimmart, Georg Christoph

Aeneas sacrifices at the tomb of Anchises, a giant snake winds around the altar (1688)

from: Peplus virtutum Romanarum in Aenea Virgiliano eiusque rebus fortiter gestis, ad maiorem antiquitatis et rerum lucem, communi iuventutis sacratae bono, aere renitens) (Nuremburg: J.L. Buggel, 1688), pl. 18.

Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificeAnimal Sacrifice Pagan Sacrifice

Thiry, Leonard (After Primaticcio, Francesco)

Sacrifice to Priapus (16th)

Warburg Insitute, London

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificesPriapus

Mayer, Felix

The Sacrifice of Isaac (Gehorsame, The Obedient) (1675)

Universitätsbibliothek Zürich

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBibleDrawingHuman Sacrifices

Joel ben Simeon (Feibush Ashkenazi)

Sacrifice of Isaac, with captions in Ashkenazi square script. Isaac is kneeling on the altar, Abraham is lifting the knife, but an angel prevents him from hurting his son by grabbing his knife. The same angel points to the ram caught in a bush on the left. Beneath, at the foot of the mountain, the two servants, the donkey and a dog are resting in a field (1460)

from: Add. MS 14759 fol. 1v

British Library, London

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBibleHistory of JewsJewish StudiesJudaism

Füssli, Johann Melchior

A sheaf from the first harvest is offered on the altar (1731)

from: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Physica Sacra, 1731, Abtheilung 2, nach S. 502, Tafel 283 (ZB III ZZ 55)Illustriert Lev 23,10

Zürich, ZB, Graphische Sammlung, Füssli J.M. Phys. Sac. ZEI 94 / emanuscripta

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

Keywords: AgricoltureBibleDrawingFireLeviticus

Meister der Einsammlung des Manna

The offering of the Jews

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Jewish SacrificeJewish StudiesJewsLamb

Moore, Albert Joseph 1841 -1893

Elijah's Sacrifice (1863)

Bury Art Museum

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

Keywords: Elijah

Unknown

Daksha, one of the prajapati, the agents of creation. He is shown with a human body and a goats head. He is seated on a decorated mat in front of a sacrificial fire into which he drops offerings. (Early 19th)

from: Patna, India

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: FireGoatsHinduIndiaVedic

Finiguerra, Maso - Baldini, Baccio

Samson pulling down the column of the temple (1470)

from: The Florentine Picture-Chronicle

The British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Bible, Old TestamentItalySamsonSelf-SacrificeTemple

Holbein the Elder, Hans

The Sacrifice of Elijah (1543)

from: Historiarum Veteris Testamenti icones ad vivum expressae. Lyon, Subscuto coloniensis, apud Ioannem & Franciscum Frellonios, frates, 1543

Louvre, Paris

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice BibleElijah

Cochin, Charles Nicolas (le jeune)

A Jewish priest and high priest preparing to offer a sacrifice (1785)

from: Dandré-Bardon, Michel François, Costume des anciens peuples, a l'usage des artistes / par M. Dandré Bardon ; contenant les usages religieux, civils, domestiques & militaires des Grecs, des Romains, des Israélites & des Hébreux, des Egyptiens, des Perses, des Scythes, des Amazones, des Parthes, des Daces, des Sarmates & autres peuples tant orientaux qu'occidentaux, Paris, A. Jombert, 1784-1786, vol. 3

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice EtchingFireIsraelJewish Studies

Anonymous / Unknown

Purported Martyrdom of Simone of Trent - Simone as Martyr (1475)

from: Historie von Simon zu Trient [Bayerische StaatsBibliothek, 2 Inc.s.a. 62#Beibd], fol. 4v

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich

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

Keywords: AntisemitismBlood LibelChild SacrificeHuman SacrificesJewish StudiesSimon of Trent

Unknown

Deities and Demons Performing the Yajna Sacrifice from the Devi Mahatmya (18th)

from: India, Rajput

Princeton University Art Museum

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

Keywords: FireHinduIndiaManuscriptVedicYajna

Cranach the Elder, Lucas

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara [1510]

from: Germnany

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Keywords: GenderMartyrdomWomen

Küsel, Melchior

The Jesuit Diego Alfaro, killed in the battle of Caazapá-guazú in which he fought alongside the Guaraní Indians against the Brazilian bandeirantes (1675)

from: Tanner, Mathias, Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, Prague 1675

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: BrazilChristian MissionaryGuaraní peopleJesuits (S.J.)

Unknown

(1627)

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

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

Keywords: Blood LibelJewish Studies

Anonymous / Unknown

Rāma sends out his entire army, headed by Lakṣmaṇa and Vibhīṣaṇa, to fight Indrajit at the Nikumbhilā grove, where he is performing more magical sacrifices. Indrajit is sacrificing to the fire again with a black goat, while around him a furious battle is raging between Lakṣmaṇa and his allies and the other demons. Vibhīṣaṇa has advised Rāma to send Lakṣmaṇa to finish off Indrajit at the place where he is performing his magical arts, before he can make himself even more powerful. Inscribed above Indrajit: Iṃdrajit. (ca 1653)

from: Ramayana [ms Add. 15297(1), fol. 115]

British Library, London [from Udaipur]

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice GoatsIndia

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Christie's, London

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 IsaacIranIsaacIslam

Meckenem, Israhel van

The mass of St. Gregory (1490)

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

Keywords: Christ's SacrificeEucharistMass

Cochin, Charles Nicolas (le jeune)

Scene a Sacrifice with a slaughtered calf (1785)

from: Dandré-Bardon, Michel François, Costume des anciens peuples, a l'usage des artistes / par M. Dandré Bardon ; contenant les usages religieux, civils, domestiques & militaires des Grecs, des Romains, des Israélites & des Hébreux, des Egyptiens, des Perses, des Scythes, des Amazones, des Parthes, des Daces, des Sarmates & autres peuples tant orientaux qu'occidentaux, Paris, A. Jombert, 1784-1786, vol. 3

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice CalfEtchingIsraelJewish Studies

Wogelmut, W. - Pleydenwurff, W.

Martyrium des Simon von Trent, Darstellung aus der Nürnberger Weltchronik von Hartmann Schedel - Purported Martyrdom of Simon of Trent, depiction from the Nuremberg World Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel. (1493)

from: Hartmann Schedel, Nürnberger Weltchronik

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

Keywords: AntisemitismBlood LibelChild SacrificeHuman SacrificesSimon of Trent

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac

from: From a late 16C copy of Jami’s Yusuf Zulaikha (IO Islamic 737)

London, British Library, IO Islamic 737

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 IsaacIranIsaacIslamRam

Unknown

Title page of Mizbeah olah, seu de ara exteriore templi secundi exercitationes philologicae (1697)

from: Cramer, Johannes-Jacobus,

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

Keywords: FireJewish SacrificeJewish Studies

Persons bringing sacrifices to Hercules (1629)

from: Philostratus of Lemnos. Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates, sophistes grecs, et les Statues de Callistrate, tr. Blaise de Vigenère. Paris. 1629, p. 494.

The Warburg Institute, London

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksAnimal Sacrifice FireFranceGreek mythologyManuscriptox

Wolgemut [Wohlgemuth], Michael 1434-1519

Beasts and the birds sacrificed (1491)

from: Stephan Fridolin, Der Schatzbehalter, Nur,emberg, Koberger, November 18, 1491, fol. 18r

British Museum, London

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 Bible, Old TestamentBirdsFireGermanyJewish SacrificeJewish StudiesLambRamWoodcut

Anonymous / Unknown

Scene of cow sacrifice on a relief brass plaques (16th-17th)

from: Benin City, Nigeria

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: AfricaAnimal Sacrifice BrassCowSub-Saharan Africa

Crispijn de Passe 1564-1637

A king sacrifices an animal in front of the statue of Thor (1639)

RKD – Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice KingshipNorthern Europe

Anonymous / Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac [1600]

Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Meyer Dietrich d.Ä. ZEI 1.0016.003 Pp

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacBibleDrawingHuman Sacrifices

Anonymous / Unknown

Simon on the altar (“victima”) (1475)

from: Historie von Simon zu Trient [Bayerische StaatsBibliothek, 2 Inc.s.a. 62#Beibd], fol. 9v

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich

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

Keywords: AntisemitismBlood LibelChild SacrificeHuman SacrificesSimon of Trent

Wynrich, Hermann, von Wese

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1378-1413)

from: Speculum humanae salvationis

Biblioteca Vaticana, Pal.lat.413, fol. 35v

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

Keywords: Abraham and IsaacAngelFireManuscript

Ross, Alexander; Reimer, Albert

Scene of Animal Sacrifice (1668)

from: Der gantzen Welt Religionen oder Beschreibung aller Gottes- und Götzendienste wie auch Ketzereyen in Asia, Africa, America und Europa, Amsterdam, Joach. Nosch, 1668

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

Keywords: Ancient SacrificeAnimal Sacrifice FireKnife

Küsel, Melchior

P. Ignatius Azevedius S. I. Illustrissimâ Lusitaniae familiâ oriundus, in itinere Brasilo à Calvinistis pro Catholica Religione mari demers[us] A. 1570 15 Julij. Ignatius de Azevedo stands pierced by a sword and holding the Salus Populi Romani Madonna. Brazil, 1570 (1675)

from: Tanner, Mathias, Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, Prague 1675, p. 167

John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: BrazilCalvinismJesuits (S.J.)Martyrdom

Anonymous / Unknown

King Sagara performs a sacrifice (1712)

from: Ramayana, Bala Kanda

British Library, Add. 15295, f.105

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice AsvamedhaHorsesIndiaKingshipVedic

Unknown

The Sacrifice of Isaac [1200-1300]

from: Les « Histoires Roger », ou Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César , composée par un clerc sous les auspices du châtelain de Lille, Roge

Paris, BnF, Français 20125, fol. 35

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

Keywords: AbrahamAbraham and IsaacChild SacrificeHuman SacrificeIsaacManuscriptRam

Picart, Bernard

Le grand sacrifice des Canadiens à Quitchi-Manitou ou le Grand Esprit (1723)

from: Picart, Bernard. Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde: représentées par des figures, deel III. Amsterdam: Jean Frédéric Bernard, 1723-1743

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Algonquian peoplesCanadaFireGitche ManitouNative Americans

Anonymous / Unknown

Frontispiece of Joh. Seldenus De anno civili veterum Iudaeorum & Jac. Usserius De Macedonum et Asianorum anno solari, 1683 (1683)

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice Jewish PriestJewish SacrificeOrientalism

Küsel, Melchior

Charles Garnier, a Jesuit missionary, was martyred at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons on December 7, 1649. P. Carolus Garnier Nobili prosapíâ Gallus Soc: Iesu, ab Hiroqueis Gentilibus crudeliter pro Christo necatus, in Nova Francia. A. 1649 7 Decembris. (1676)

from: Tanner, Mathias, Societas Iesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae in Collegio Societatis Jesu ad S. Clementem, Prague 1675, p. 540

John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

Topics:
7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: CanadaChristian MissionaryHuronsJesuits (S.J.)Martyrdom

Dupérac, Etienne

Suovetaurilia; at right bulls, rams and boars being brought towards the altar positioned in front of the entrance of a circular temple, various animals being sacrificed to left. (1566)

from: An illustration to Onofrio Panvinio's 'De Ludis Circensibus', published in Rome

The British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificeAnimal Sacrifice BoarBullKnifeRamRitual SlaughteringSuovetaurilia

Fontana, Giovanni Battista

Romulus Offers a Sacrifice to Hercules [1575]

Harvard Art Museums nr 2016.248.10

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

Keywords: Ancient RomansAncient SacrificesFireHerculesRomulus

Sadeler, Jan

Sacrifice of Abel

from: Istituto Centrale per la Grafica

Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Fondo Corsini; volume 36H3

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

Keywords: AbelAnimal Sacrifice BibleCain and Abel

Anonymous / Unknown

The Lambe speaketh. Anti-catholic satire with a wolf-headed Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, biting the neck of a sacrificial lamb suspended by its hind legs above an altar; to right, the bishops of London and Durham, the dean of Westminster and other Roman Catholic clerics (all with wolves' heads) drink the blood that spurts from the lamb; at Gardiner's feet lie six further lambs bearing the names of Cranmer, Ridley and other Protestant reformers; at upper left, three men pull at a rope tied around Gardiner's neck (members of the House of Lords who threw out Gardiner's heresy bill on 1 May 1554) while at lower left a group of gullible men (the Commons who had passed the bill a month earlier) are attached from rings in their noses to a rope around Gardiner's waist; the Pope as the devil appears top right (1555)

British Museum, London

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

Keywords: Anti-Catholic ControversyEngravingsMassProtestantism

Anonymous / Unknown

A Gentoo Woman Burning herself (1768)

from: Cavendish Drake, E. A, Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, London, J. Cooke, 1768

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireIndiaSacrificeSatiSatīWomen

Holbein the Elder, Hans

God telling Moses how to make sacrifices (1538)

from: Holbein, Hans, Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, autant elegamment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées, Lyon, Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel [for Jean and François Frellon]

Louvre, Paris

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

Keywords: Animal Sacrifice BibleMoses