Keyword: Women | Sacrifiles

Anonymous / Unknown

Scene of a sati. In the foreground, a widowed woman (encountered by Della Valle on November 12, 1623) on horseback holds a mirror and a lemon amidst a crowd. In the background, a woman throws herself into the flames of a funeral pyre (1665)

from: Della Valle, Pietro, De volkome beschryving der voortreffelijke reizen van de deurluchtige reisiger Pietro della Valle, edelman van Romen, in veel voorname gewesten des werrelts, sedert het jaer 1615, tot in 't jaar 1626 gedaan. Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1666, vol. 5, pag. 163

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

Keywords: FireIndiaSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Suicide of a Woman on an Altar (1532)

from: Francesco Petrarca, Von der Artzney bayder Glück, des guten vnd widerwertigen: unnd weß sich ain yeder inn Gelück und Unglück halten sol; auß dem Lateinischen in das Teutsch gezogen, Augspurg, Steyner, 1532, p. clviii

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksFirePolitical SacrificeSelf-SacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Suttee (1878)

from: Murray Smith, D. Round the World: A Story of Travel Compiled from the Narrative of Ida Pfeiffer, London, 1878

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Suttee Pillar at a Benares Burning Ghat (19th century)

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Sutteeism on the Banks of the Ganges (1860)

from: Montgomery Martin, R. The Indian Empire, c.1860

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

The Funeral Pile of a Husband (1810)

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

The sacrifice of Polyxena (1401)

from: Boccaccio, Giovanni, De claris mulieribus, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fr. 12420, fol. 56v

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

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

Keywords: Ancient GreeksHuman SacrificesManuscriptPolyxenaWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Vedova di un indiano (1845)

from: Atlante Illustrato, Florence, 1845

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Vedova indiana che si abbrucia (1816)

from: Ferrario, G. Il costumo antico e moderno, Florence, c.1816

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Veuve hindoue allant au bucher (1797)

from: Abdul-Kerym, Voyage de l'Inde a la Mekke, ca. 1797

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Veuve indouve hallant (1825)

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Woman Committing Sati (17th century)

Harvard Art Museum, Boston (https://harvardartmuseums.org/art/165399)

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: FireIndiaIranSatīWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Woman Going to Burn (1811)

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html

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: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Woman Thown into the Pyre (1563)

from: Banerjee, P. Burning Women, New York, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2003, p. 99

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

Keywords: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Woman Throwing Herself in the Pyre (1699)

from: Banerjee, P. Burning Women, New York, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2003, p. 94

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

Keywords: FireIndiaSacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Frische historische Relation Von Mann und Weibspersonen, so in Japon umb deß Catholischen Glaubens willen den 17. Novembr. deß 1608. und den 11. Jan. und 14. Novemb. deß 1609. Jars gemartert worden

Ingolstadt: Andreas Angermaier, 1613.

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

Keywords: Catholic MissionsJapanMartyrs of JapanWomen

Aquila, Pietro

Polyxena inferiis mactanda, ab Achillis tumulo, et umbra, ad tuam siderum lucet confugit (1670 - 1692)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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

Keywords: AchillesPolyxenaPriam of TroyWarWomen

Audran, Gérard

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (17 - 18)

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

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

Keywords: EngravingsFirstbornsIphigeniaSacrifice for the NationWomen

Aziz, Nahid

What self-immolation means to Afghan women

in: Peace Review, v. 23 (2011), issue 1: pp.45-51.

Topics:
3. Sacrifice and politics (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: GenderIslamSelf-SacrificeTerrorismWomenWomen Martyrs

Banerjee, P.

in: Burning Women Widows, Witches, and Early Modern European Travelers in India, pp.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

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: GenderIndiaPoliticsSatiSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen