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Isaiah 3:20

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Thomas Aquinas

121. And bonnets. Here he places adornments of the head; and first, those for the top of the head: bonnets, adornments of the head like a crown: she put a bonnet upon her head (Jdt 10:3). Second, as to the hair, he says, bodkins, certain instruments of silver or gold made like sharpened sticks, by which women divide the hair before their brows, as is said of Judith in the same place: she plaited the hair of her head (Jdt 10:3). 122. Third, as to the neck, he touches on two things. …

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