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.
(15th)
from: Boccaccio, De casibus virorum illustrium, transl. by Boccace, De casibus, trad. Laurent de Premierfait
Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms Français 226, fol. 20v
The sacrifice of Cain and Abel (1601)
from: Engraved illustration from Louis Richeome, Les tableaux sacrez (Paris, Sonnius: 1601), plate 2, pag. 48
Caino e Abele [1610]
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
The Sacrifice of Isaac in the Three Monotheistic Religion: proceedings of a symposium on the interpretation of the Scriptures held in Jerusalem, March 16-17
Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1995.
The Sacrifice of Isaac (detail of the Trittico degli Uffizi) (1461)
Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi
Sommaire recueil des signes sacrez, sacrifices et sacremens instituez de Dieu depuis la création du monde ; et De la vraye origine du sacrifice de la messe
[Caen]: [Pierre Philippe], 1561.
Les sacrifices de l'Ancien Testament
Paris: Editions du Cerf, 2000.
Samson's Death (1549)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The sacrifice of Manoah (from the series: Life of Samson) (1549)
London, British Museum
(1549)
from: The Story of Samson, Hand-colored engravings (Netherlands)
The Metropolitan Art Museum, New York
Jephte Sacrifices his Daughter [1500]
Musée Condé, Chantilly, cod. 139, fol. 7r
Scene of Jewish offering (1470)
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Le Sacrifice du Chef
Paris: La Colombe, 1957.
The Sacrifice of the Mystical Body
Chicago - London: H. Regnery - Burns & Oates, 1954.
The Sacrifice of Isaac (18th Century)
Museum of Fine Arts,Budapest
The Sacrifice of Isaac (Gehorsame, The Obedient) (1675)
Universitätsbibliothek Zürich
The Virgin Mary, Monotheism, and Sacrifice
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.