03-02-2006, 03:26 PM
Both above mentioned interpretations make sense. I see a twofold purpose, being protective and decorative.
If you consider the protective part, it is only the 'inner' flap that gives protection to the calf. A boot with one flap on one side, whereas the other having none, would just look silly. The other flaps would therefore be added for decorative purposes.
[size=75:zgb4o5h4]By the way, I like the word 'serendipity'; there's quite an interesting story behind it.[/size]
If you consider the protective part, it is only the 'inner' flap that gives protection to the calf. A boot with one flap on one side, whereas the other having none, would just look silly. The other flaps would therefore be added for decorative purposes.
[size=75:zgb4o5h4]By the way, I like the word 'serendipity'; there's quite an interesting story behind it.[/size]
[size=75:wtt9v943]Susanne Arvidsson
I have not spent months gathering Hoplites from the four corners of the earth just to let
some Swedish pancake in a purloined panoply lop their lower limbs off! - Paul Allen, Thespian
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I have not spent months gathering Hoplites from the four corners of the earth just to let
some Swedish pancake in a purloined panoply lop their lower limbs off! - Paul Allen, Thespian
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