THE COLUMBINE 107 



The seven gifts of the Spirit are according 



to Isaiah: 



Sapientia 

 Intellect us 

 Consilium 

 fortitudo 

 scientia 



PlETAS 



Timor. 

 And according to the Apocalypse: 



Virtus 



DiviNiTAS (in the Vulgate) 



Sapientia 



fortitudo 



Honor 



Gloria 



Benedicio. 



But, at the Renaissance, Faith, Hope and 

 Charity were taken as the theological virtues, 

 and to them were added the four moral vir- 

 tues exalted in pagan times above all others, 

 namely, Prudence, Justice, Temperance and 

 Strength.' 



In a picture by J org Breu of the Virgin 

 with the Child and two saints,^ a vase of 

 columbine, the only flowers introduced, is placed 



' Christian Iconography, Didron. 

 ' Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, Berlin. 



