PL 4, col. 454

De habitu virginum (Cyprianus Carthaginensis), J. P. Migne

In English: On the Dress of Virgins 15 · On the Dress of Virgins 14

nigrore fucare et genas mendacio ruboris inficere
et mutare adulterinis coloribus crinem et expugnare
omnem oris et capitis veritatem corruptelae suae impugnatione
docuerunt.
XV.
Et quidem isto in loco, pro timore 178 quem nobis
fides suggerit, pro dilectione quam fraternitas exigit,
non virgines tantum aut viduas, sed et nuptas puto
et omnes omnino feminas admonendas quod opus Dei
et factura ejus et plastica adulterari nullo modo
debeat adhibito flavo colore, vel nigro pulvere, vel
rubore, aut quolibet denique lineamenta nativa corrumpente

Text from the Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).

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