De habitu virginum 22
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- Type of Thing Ornamented
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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3rd century CE See all items with this value
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Cyprian of Carthage See all items with this value
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De habitu virginum 22
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tantum maneat et duret solida et inlaesa virginitas et ut coepit fortiter, iugiter perseveret nec monilium aut vestium quaerat ornamenta sed morum. Deum spectet et caelum neque oculos ad sublime porrectos ad carnis et mundi concupiscentiam deprimat, ad terrena deponat.
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Christian women
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Visual Work: Clothing See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Jewellery See all items with this value
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Necklaces and fine clothing
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The women themselves
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Cyprian writes that women should not wear these things as ornaments and should opt for right conduct as an ornament instead (metaphorical)
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A02407
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