Topic: 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16th-18th Century)
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth Century, Catholic missionary endeavors across the globe produced a wealth of sources that shed light on various forms of sacrifice. These sources often intertwine factual accounts with the emphasis on martyrdom, adopting specific theological, narrative, and iconographic frameworks. This section presents a comprehensive collection of early modern printed sources and images that illustrate these dynamics. Additionally, it includes a thorough bibliography covering scholarly works from the 19th to 21st centuries, providing contemporary insights into the historical context and significance of these sacrifices.
Boats and Flames (1678)
from: Hazart, C. Die Asiatische Länder, Vienna, Voigt, 1678
Bramenes cum mortuus est (1598)
from: Banerjee, P. Burning Women, New York, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2003, p. 92
Brulement des femmes (1700)
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html
Burning of a Hindu Widow at Her Husband’s Funeral Pyre (1666?)
from: Banerjee, P. Burning Women, New York, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2003, p. 87
Burninge of a Banion Woman (1630s)
from: Banerjee, P. Burning Women, New York, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2003, p. 123
Candenti ferro (1623)
from: Trigault, N. De Christianis Apvd Iaponios Trivmphis, Munich, Sadeler, 1623
Ceremony of Burning a Hindu Widow (19th century)
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/hinduism/sati/sati.html
Christiani corona (1623)
from: Trigault, N. De Christianis Apvd Iaponios Trivmphis, Munich, Sadeler, 1623
Christiani manibus (1623)
from: Trigault, N. De Christianis Apvd Iaponios Trivmphis, Munich, Sadeler, 1623
Coutume des Sacrifices chez les Angolais (The practice of sacrificing among the Angolans) (1729)
from: Aa, Pieter van der, Galerie agreable du monde, Leiden. Pierre vander Aa, 1729
The Library Company of Philadelphia
Cross (1678)
from: Hazart, C. Die Asiatische Länder, Vienna, Voigt, 1678
Cross (1599)
from: Relatione della Gloriosa morte, 1599, p. 101 (Omata-Rappo, H. Death on the Cross; the Beatification of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki (1627) and the Iconography of the Crucifixion, in Universo Barroco Iberoamericano 16 (2020) p. 137)
Harvard Houghton Library, Boston
Cross (17th century)
from: Erben, 1570, fol. 144v
Crosses (1678)
from: Hazart, C. Die Asiatische Länder, Vienna, Voigt, 1678
Crucifixion (1648)
from: Caron, F. Le puissant royaume du Japon, édité par Jacques Proust, Amsterdam, 1648 p. 133 (Omata-Rappo, Des Indes lointaines aux scènes des collèges: les rFreilets des martyrs de la mission japonaise en Europe (XVI -XVIII siècle) (2016), fig 9)
Crura (1623)
from: Trigault, N. De Christianis Apvd Iaponios Trivmphis, Munich, Sadeler, 1623
De sanctorum martyrum cruciatibus [frontispice] (1602)
from: A. Gallonio, De sanctorum martyrum cruciatibus. Antonii Gallonii [...] liber [...] nunc primum in Germania [...] editus, Colonia, J. Gymnicum, 1602.
Death of FX (17. sec)
Museu de São Roque, Lisbon
Defense (1687)
from: Le Tellier, M. Defense des nouveaux chrestiens et des missionnaires de la Chine, du Japon, & des Indes, Paris, Michallet, 1687
Dionysius Fugixima Iappon (1646)
from: Cardim, F. Fasciculus e Iapponicis floribus, Roma, Corbelletti, 1646