De habitu virginum 22

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Author
Cyprian of Carthage
Reference
De habitu virginum 22
Quotation
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.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Christian women
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Necklaces and fine clothing
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The women themselves
Notes
Cyprian writes that women should not wear these things as ornaments and should opt for right conduct as an ornament instead (metaphorical)
Item Identifier
A02407
Determination
Derived directly from text