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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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

Füssli, Johann Melchior

Sacrifice of Birds and Fat (1731)

from: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, Physica Sacra (Kupfer-Bibel), Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735, vol. 2, p. 380, Tafel 224 (ZB III ZZ 55) Illustriert Lev 1,8-14

Zürich, ZB, Graphische Sammlung, Füssli J.M. Phys. Sac. ZEI 64 / emanuscripta

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

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

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

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


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