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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Giuseppe Vermiglio 1585-1635

The Sacrifice of Isaac

from: Collezioni dagli Ospedali Civili di Genova

Genova, Musei di Strada Nuova - Palazzo Bianco, inv. PB 2887

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)

Hemessen, Jan and Catherina van

The Sacrifice of Isaac (from the Tendilla Retable) (1550-1570)

from: Flanders

Cincinnati Art Museum

Heumann, Georg Daniel

Aaron and his sons sacrificing a ram, as described in Exodus 29:13-22 (1731)

from: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, Physica Sacra (Kupfer-Bibel), Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735, vol. 2, p. 324

Lowcountry Digital Library

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

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

Holbein the Elder, Hans

The Sacrifice of Ahaz (1543)

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

Louvre, Paris

Keywords: AhazBible

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

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

Keywords: BibleElijah

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