"Hanc puto de proprio tinxit Sol aureus ortu aut unum ex radiis maluit esse suis; uel, si etiam centum foliis rosa Cypridis exstat, fluxit in hanc omni sanguine tota Venus. haec florum sidus, haec Lucifer almus in agris, huic odor et color est dignus honore poli."
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A.L. 366. De laude rosae centumfoliae ('A Rose with a hundred Petals')
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Luxorius (poet)
Luxorius was an ancient Roman poet and writer of epigrams who lived in Carthage, Africa during the last years of the Vandal rule in the 6th century, under the reign of the Vandal Kings Thrasamund, Hilderic, and Gelimer (AD 496–534). He greatly admired the notable Roman author Martial, whom he used as a model when composing his works. Luxorius's writings served as a bridge between the end of the classical period and the beginning of medieval Latin.
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