Bernard Quaritch's edition of Works of The Italian Engravers of the Fifteenth Century, 1884, (with introduction by G.W.Reid) reproduced this engraving from Il Libro del Monte Sancto di Dio, of 1477, a book of good practice for Christians.

            Here the person 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/she has climbed the first four, will receive direct help from the Holy Spirit.