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Marriage of the Blessed virgin to Joseph
... flap which was attached to the sole and was always worn by well-dressed women. It
was the Temple maidens who plaited Mary's beautiful hair arrangement; I ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/vii marriage of the blessed.htm

On Clothes.
... if such must be woven [1536] for the women, let us ... sheep as savouring of luxury,
chose "camel's hair," and was ... For how possibly could he have worn a purple robe ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter xi name clothes.htm

The Embalming of the Body of Jesus.
... She also anointed the hair, and then, taking the sacred ... by Pilate's wife, and which
she had worn round her ... cloak; next, assisted by the holy women, she placed ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter li the embalming of.htm

The Death of the Blessed virgin Mary at Ephesus
... the Cross in Ephesus in memory of having worn it during ... off the Blessed Virgin's
beautiful locks of hair to be ... Then I saw that these two women washed the holy ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xviii the death of the.htm

Change not Always Improvement.
... The yawning mouth stuffed with hair, the jaw-teeth overshadowed amid the forelocks,
the whole outraged visage ... Turn, again, to women. ... [59] ie, are worn by his ...
/.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter iv change not always improvement.htm

Of the Holy Men who Flourished About this Time in Egypt, Namely ...
... to be partaken of or to be avoided, what garments were to be worn, and what ... Other
women, under the pretext of religion, cut off their hair, and behaved ...
/.../sozomen/the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xiv of the holy men.htm

A Compendious view of the Christian Life.
... this reason it is chiefly to be worn in winter. ... be that outward adorning of plaiting
the hair, and of ... above all, adds genuine beauty to women, exercising their ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter xi a compendious view of.htm

Homeward Bound
... and white-haired seniors, bowed mothers and women advanced in ... might entreat him to
put off the rasping hair. ... He had worn it for functions, and would bear it in ...
/.../marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter x homeward bound.htm

The Travelers
... pagan who was young though the white hair of an ... Maccabee a mixed multitude of men
and women and children ... the proseuchae, paved with boulders now worn smooth by ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter iv the travelers.htm

Appendix xvii. The Ordinances and Law of the Sabbath as Laid Down ...
... carry them, which would be a burden.' Women are also ... ordinary dress of a person might
be worn also on ... it, preparing its skin, scraping off its hair, cutting it ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix xvii the ordinances and.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Corinthians 11:15
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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