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

The Bible, with its plethora of examples of sacrifice and self-sacrifice, plays a pivotal role in shaping the discourse on sacrifice in the early modern world.
This section includes:

  • Sources: A broad selection of early modern writings, encompassing biblical exegesis, theological and philosophical interpretations, various translations, prayer books, and hymns.
  • Iconographic Representations: This visual collection showcases early modern depictions of biblical sacrifices, including key scenes like the Sacrifice of Isaac as interpreted in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
  • Related Bibliography: Complemented by a comprehensive bibliography of scholarly works from the 19th to 21st centuries, offering modern perspectives and analyses of these historical interpretations.

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Galle, Philippe

Sacrifice of Manoah (1579)

from: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera, Sumptibus atque expensis, [Antwerp], Gerardi de Iode 1579

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Galle, Philips (After a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck) 1537–1612

Noah's Sacrifice (1569)

from: Haarlem, Netherlands

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Garuti, P.

Il sacrificio fra antropologia e Bibbia

in: E il Verbo si è fatto pane : l'Eucaristia tra Antico e Nuovo Testamento, pp. 15-25

Assisi: Cittadella, 2009.

Gaultier, Léonard

L'oblation des premices [1601]

from: L. Richeome, Tableaux sacrez des figures mystiques du très-auguste sacrifice et sacrement de l'Eucharistie, Paris, Sonnius, 1601, p. 250

Gaultier, Léonard

Melchisedec [1601]

from: L. Richeome, Tableaux sacrez des figures mystiques du très-auguste sacrifice et sacrement de l'Eucharistie, Paris, Sonnius, 1601, p. 70

Gaultier, Léonard

Sacrifice of propitiation (1601)

from: , engraved illustration from Louis Richeome, Les tableaux sacrez (Paris, Sonnius: 1601), pag. 318

Gerson, Juan [1561-1592]

The Sacrifice of Isaac (1562)

from: Project on engraved sources of Spanish colonial art

Sotocoro, Temple of the Franciscan Ex-Convent of La Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico

Gianotto, C.

ll sacrificio nell'Epistola agli Ebrei

in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi, v. 18 (2001), issue : pp.169-179.


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