The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Saturday, July 20, 2024

A Tree of Virtues


Anonymous German, A Tree of Virtues from the Speculum Virginum (c. 1200) 






























The root of virtue: Humility (humilitas)
The crowning fruit: Charity (caritas
The New Adam 
In The City of Jerusalem

PRUDENCE (prudentia
Fear of God (timor Domini)
Promptness (alacritas)
Counsel (consilium)
Memory (memoria)
Intelligence (intelligentia)
Foresight (providentia)
Deliberation (deliberatio)

JUSTICE (justitia )
Law (lex)
Strictness (severitas)
Equity (aequitas)
Correction (correctio
Honoring a pledge (juris jurandi observatio
Judgment (judicium)
Truth (veritas)

COURAGE (fortitudo)
Magnanimity (magnanimitas)
Fidelity (fiducia)
Tolerance (tolerantia)
Rest (requies)
Stability (stabilitas)
Constancy (constantia)
Perseverance (perseverantia)

TEMPERANCE (temperantia
Discernment (discretio)
Acquiescence (morigeratio)
Silence (taciturnitas)
Fasting (jejunium)
Sobriety (sobrietas)
Physical penance (afflictio carnis)
Contempt of the world (contemptus saeculi)

FAITH (fides
Pratice of religion (religio)
Decorum (munditia)
Obedience (obedientia)
Chastity (castitas)
Reverence (reverentia)
Continence (continentia)
Good desire (affectus)

HOPE (spes
Heavenly contemplation (contemplatio supernorum
Joy (gaudium)
Modesty (modestia)
Confession (confessio)
Patience (patientia)
Sorrow for faults (compunctio)
Longsuffering (longanimitas)

CHARITY (caritas
Forgiveness (gratia)
Peace (pax)
Piety (pietas)
Mildness (mansuetudo)
Liberality (liberalitas)
Mercy (misericordia)
Indulgence (indulgentia)
Compassion (compassio)
Benignity (benignitas)
Concord (concordia

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