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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