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A Companion to Hildegard of Bingen

Beverly Mayne Kienzle, Debra L. Stoudt & George Ferzoco, "A Companion to Hildegard of Bingen". BRILL, Leiden - Boston, 2014.

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190 leigh-choate, flynn, and fassler<br />

Table 1. Virtues in the Ordo (After Dabke)<br />

Opening: The Group <strong>of</strong> Virtues, Knowledge <strong>of</strong> God (Scientia Dei), Humility<br />

(Humilitas) (Knowledge <strong>of</strong> God fails <strong>to</strong> make much headway with Anima)<br />

The First Octad: The Gift Virtues* Mode Range<br />

Humility (Humilitas) D A-c<br />

Charity (Caritas) D A-b<br />

Fear <strong>of</strong> the Lord (Timor Dei) E B-c<br />

Obedience (Obedientia) E C-c<br />

Faith (Fides) E C-d<br />

Hope (Spes) D A-d<br />

Chastity (Castitas) E D-d<br />

Innocence (a subset <strong>of</strong> Chastity) (Innocentia) E C-c<br />

* Related <strong>to</strong> Isaiah 11:1–5.<br />

The Second Octad: The Beatitude Virtues* Mode Range<br />

Contempt <strong>of</strong> the World (Contemptus mundi) E C-c<br />

Heavenly Love (Amor celestis) D A-G<br />

The Virtue with the Missing Name** E C-c<br />

Shamefacedness (Verecundia) D A-d<br />

Mercy (Misericordia) C F-aa<br />

Vic<strong>to</strong>ry (Vic<strong>to</strong>ria) C G-g<br />

Discretion (Discretio) C g-f<br />

Patience (Patientia) E G-e<br />

* Related <strong>to</strong> Matthew 5:1–12.<br />

** Identifijied by Dabke as Heavenly Desire.<br />

Through careful study, Dabke <strong>of</strong>ffers a new solution for one <strong>of</strong> the most<br />

persistent puzzles regarding the drama: the name <strong>of</strong> the Virtue unidentifijied<br />

through scribal error in its early copies. Dabke argues for Heavenly<br />

Desire, showing how her appearance and signifijicance in Scivias reflect<br />

the drama, and demonstrating that she evokes the exegetical tradition<br />

surrounding Matthew 5:5.86 Under this scheme, new themes emerge as<br />

central <strong>to</strong> the play; Anima’s struggle is with her inability <strong>to</strong> follow the triad<br />

<strong>of</strong> perfection, which Dabke adapts from Eriugena: (1) deifijication through<br />

a moral life; (2) contemplation <strong>of</strong> Christ; and (3) union with Christ.87 The<br />

Devil tries <strong>to</strong> persuade Anima <strong>to</strong> embrace the reality <strong>of</strong> the world, opposing<br />

the progression that the Virtues advocate. If the unnamed Virtue is<br />

86 Dabke, “Hidden Scheme,” pp. 24–27.<br />

87 Ibid., p. 29.

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