10-12-2012, 05:26 PM
Filip Thanks, I hope you had a good time at Xanten its a shame the sunday was wet but nowhere near as bad as previous years, as to the colour its a combination of the tanning ingredients and the fats used in softening it can vary a lot as well. The photography and lighting can also make a difference so what you see is not allways the actual colour heres an example.
An unpublished shoe found in a well near Harlow in England this is a reconstruction made using the remains of the original, most would think it was a Welzheim shoe or at least based on Welzheim, but when I made the Harlow shoes Welzheim had yet to be published, theres also a very similar set of shoe fragments from an abandoned Roman site in Norfolk which I discovered a little later...
Sorry about the quality of the first pic, pre digital and scanned from a transparency...
Late 2nd, Early 3rd century Womans or Childs shoes.
[attachment=5485]Harlowshoesmall2.jpg[/attachment]
a secound pair made some years later but from the same piece of leather! different camera, lighting background etc
[attachment=5486]Harlowsmall.jpg[/attachment]
Same shoes with flash
[attachment=5487]Harlowsmall1.jpg[/attachment]
The Welzheim shoes exactly the same materials used.
[attachment=5488]WelzheimCalcae.jpg[/attachment]
In situ.
[attachment=5489]ShoesXantenMuseum112small.jpg[/attachment]
Source material for the reconstructions: Harlow shoe: personal observation measurements and drawings taken from the original shoe remains. Welzheim shoes: "Zum Ostkastell von Welzheim" 1999. shoe No 101, fig 47, pg69.
Materials the upper is oak tanned Calf skin, insole/mainsole 4-5mm Veg tanned cowhide(Harlow) 8mm mainsole (Welzheim). total thickness of sole: about 10mm Harlow and 13-14mm Welzheim.
An unpublished shoe found in a well near Harlow in England this is a reconstruction made using the remains of the original, most would think it was a Welzheim shoe or at least based on Welzheim, but when I made the Harlow shoes Welzheim had yet to be published, theres also a very similar set of shoe fragments from an abandoned Roman site in Norfolk which I discovered a little later...
Sorry about the quality of the first pic, pre digital and scanned from a transparency...
Late 2nd, Early 3rd century Womans or Childs shoes.
[attachment=5485]Harlowshoesmall2.jpg[/attachment]
a secound pair made some years later but from the same piece of leather! different camera, lighting background etc
[attachment=5486]Harlowsmall.jpg[/attachment]
Same shoes with flash
[attachment=5487]Harlowsmall1.jpg[/attachment]
The Welzheim shoes exactly the same materials used.
[attachment=5488]WelzheimCalcae.jpg[/attachment]
In situ.
[attachment=5489]ShoesXantenMuseum112small.jpg[/attachment]
Source material for the reconstructions: Harlow shoe: personal observation measurements and drawings taken from the original shoe remains. Welzheim shoes: "Zum Ostkastell von Welzheim" 1999. shoe No 101, fig 47, pg69.
Materials the upper is oak tanned Calf skin, insole/mainsole 4-5mm Veg tanned cowhide(Harlow) 8mm mainsole (Welzheim). total thickness of sole: about 10mm Harlow and 13-14mm Welzheim.
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
