07-31-2015, 09:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-19-2015, 11:06 AM by Crispianus.)
"Allendale Caligi" carbatina construction with additional nailed sole, this example is a reconstruction of a shoe found at Xanten(Colonia Ulpia Traiana) in the fort ditch and dated to the last quarter of the 1st century ad, so is consistent with other shoes of the general type.
Remains of scraps of leather from cutting out for this type, including marking out before cutting, have also been found at CUT in the shoe makers waste from the site.
The shoe measures out at @ size 14uk/15us/48eu although the leather may have perhaps unusually stretched a bit due to the corrosion of the tightly packed nails on the sole, but still a very large shoe by any standards and would likely have belonged to a rather large chap.
Published in: Xantener Berichte 14, pg 250.
Remains of scraps of leather from cutting out for this type, including marking out before cutting, have also been found at CUT in the shoe makers waste from the site.
The shoe measures out at @ size 14uk/15us/48eu although the leather may have perhaps unusually stretched a bit due to the corrosion of the tightly packed nails on the sole, but still a very large shoe by any standards and would likely have belonged to a rather large chap.
Published in: Xantener Berichte 14, pg 250.
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
