Scorpiace 3.3

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
3rd century CE See all items with this value
Author
Tertullian See all items with this value
Reference
Scorpiace 3.3
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Urgetur Aaron, et iubet inaures feminarum suarum in ignem conferri. Amissuri enim erant in iudicium sibi vera ornamenta aurium, dei voces.
Part of Speech
Noun See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Person See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
The ears of Israelite women
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Jewellery See all items with this value
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold earrings
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The women themselves
Notes
Earrings are the ornaments, which they take off to melt down, but Tertullian writes that the true ornaments are the words of God
Item Identifier
A02397
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Tertullian
3rd century CE
Person (Ornamented)
Material
Precious Metals
Gold
Jewellery