LEFT, The
Ladder of Fortune
; print by Currier and Ives, 1875
RIGHT Bernard Quaritch's edition of Works of The Italian Engravers
of the Fifteenth Century ,1884, with introduction by G.W.Reid
reproduces three engravings from Il Libro del Monte Sancto di Dio ,of
1477, a book of good practice for Christians. Here the author scales a
ladder to the the triple peaks of Faith, Hope and Charity. The ladder
is called Perseverence, with sides labelled Prayer and Sacrament. The
rungs are marked Prudence, Temperence, Fortitude, Justice, Fear, Piety,
Knowledge, Fortitude again (3 and 8) Counsel, Intellect and Wisdom - eleven
in all. The climber is held back by Blindness but when he has climbed
the first four, will receive direct help from the Holy Spirit.
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IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
SINGLES
LADDER OF LEARNING AMERICAN C1860
from
SAVONAROLA, Epistoles. Florence 1497
Royal
Typewriter, we started at the bottom 1938
The
Ladder of Health (Virol)1940
Saint
Bergotta, Revelaziones.. Lubeck 1492 |