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Seven Deadly Sins and Contrary (Remedial) Virtues (Prudentius
c410) |
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Spiritial
Sins |
Remedial
Virtues |
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pride (vanity) |
humility |
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envy |
kindness |
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anger |
patience |
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Corporal
Sins |
Remedial Virtues |
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gluttony |
abstinence |
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lust (sexual greed) (Luxuria) |
chastity |
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greed (avarice) (Avaritia) |
generosity (liberality) |
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sloth |
diligence |
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Two of the most pervasive themes of
Romanesque bas reliefs were in your face reminders of the horror of the
Corporal Sins of greed / avarice (avaritia) and lust / sexual greed (luxuria).
See for example the
portal reliefs at Moissac. More
optimistic, and unsurprisingly more rare, was the juxtapositioning of sins and virtues as seen at
Autun and
Canterbury. More to come ...
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South portal reliefs
illustrating avaritia (centre) and luxuria (right) in the Abbey Church
of St Pierre, Beaulieu sur Dordogne
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Abbaye St-Pierre
de Moissac - Avaritia
Deathbed purging
(or possibly ingesting a leg) - the point is that the money bag of
greed and avarice does not seem to be helping much.
Note the elf pennanted hemline on the
right, a common feature of the devil people's hemlines in Romanesque
France..
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Punishment for Sodomy - originally on
the west facade of Lincoln Cathedral |
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For more advanced hunters - Luxuria in the
roundels of Canterbury Cathedral
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