Virtues
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Conflictus vitiorum atque virtutum by Ambrosius Autpertus, 15th century
part
Identifier: MS 108/ff. 71r-80r
Scope and Contents
Conceived as a series of exchanges between a vice and its opposite virtue, the text presents each vice inducing man to sin according to its particular nature, and each virtue contrasting this exhortation with moral advice, mostly taken from the Scriptures. The manuscript ascribes the text to Saint Ambrose (c. 340-397), Bishop of Milan and Doctor of the Church, but it has been variously attributed to Augustine of Hippo, Isidore of Seville and other authoritative Christian writers. The correct...
Dates:
15th century