03-01-2018, 10:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2018, 09:42 AM by Crispianus.
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Some new old shoes from Martres de Veyre, been wanting to do these for some time but never really had enough info untill now:
Cork Slipper, this one in red, the original may have had a black upper, I got bored with Black...
Here shown with a sock from the same site though again in red diamond twill rather then the original light tan tabby?:
Made from thin goatskin with a cowhide sole and insole, the sole has a cork core about 1cm thick, the upper is lined with a fine diamond twill, the decoration of the insole is based on a roughly shaped but similar example from York as this was missing on the original, dating is most likely late 2nd to early 3rd century, with an emphasis on the later date.
And the Famous Shoe of Welzheim or as I like to think Harlow type (well Harlows got to be famous for something) a very common style in Northern Europe, recently another example pretty much complete turned up at Vindolanda dated to 212ad ish:
Toe Detail:
Made from very thin goatskin with a cowhide sole and insole.
Measurements for both as well as some other details can be found in the following article:
Reference:
"Les tombes gallo-romaines à inhumation des Martres-de-Veyre (Puy-de-Dôme)" by Auguste Audollent.
Cork Slipper, this one in red, the original may have had a black upper, I got bored with Black...
Here shown with a sock from the same site though again in red diamond twill rather then the original light tan tabby?:
Made from thin goatskin with a cowhide sole and insole, the sole has a cork core about 1cm thick, the upper is lined with a fine diamond twill, the decoration of the insole is based on a roughly shaped but similar example from York as this was missing on the original, dating is most likely late 2nd to early 3rd century, with an emphasis on the later date.
And the Famous Shoe of Welzheim or as I like to think Harlow type (well Harlows got to be famous for something) a very common style in Northern Europe, recently another example pretty much complete turned up at Vindolanda dated to 212ad ish:
Toe Detail:
Made from very thin goatskin with a cowhide sole and insole.
Measurements for both as well as some other details can be found in the following article:
Reference:
"Les tombes gallo-romaines à inhumation des Martres-de-Veyre (Puy-de-Dôme)" by Auguste Audollent.
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