Schiller’s Jungfrau von Orleans

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Schiller’s Jungfrau von Orleans

Left: act 1, scene 4: “Farewell, ye mountains, ye beloved glades.”
Center: act 2, scene 1: “To this more mighty one the Maid is sent.”
Right: act 3, scene 9: “Slay, what is mortal!”
(Initial nine illustrations: Berlinischer Damen-Kalender auf das Gemein-Jahr 1807; Inhaltsverzeichnis deutscher Almanache, Theodor Springmann Stiftung. Text: The Works of Frederic Schiller: Historical Dramas Etc. Bohn’s Standard Library, Schiller’s Historical Dramas [London 1847].)

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Left: act 3, scene 10: “Slay me then, and fly!”
Center: act 4, scene 3: “Forsake me! Turn away!”
Right: act 4, scene 9: “T’was only a delusion!”

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Left: act 4, scene 13: “The streets are empty now. — Your hand!”
Center: act 5, scene 3: “Drink, noble maiden! may God bless it to you!”
Right: act 5, scene 3: “O mother! mother! This is the witch of Orleans!”

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Left: act 5, scene 5: Johanna: “Slay me at once!” Isabel: “Bear her hence!”
Right: act 5, scene 11: “Then God be gracious to me!”

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Left: frontispiece to Minerva für das Jahr 1812.
Center: Johanna’s consecration.
Right: Johanna’s confirmation.
(Remaining illustrations by Amadeus Wenzel Böhm after Johann Heinrich Ramberg, in Minerva für das Jahr 1812.)

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Left: Johanna leading into battle.
Center: The black knight.
Right: Johanna recognizes Lionel in battle.

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Left: Johanna’s silence in the cathedral.
Center: The test.
Right: Johanna’s transfiguration.