Classical Antiquity. Footwear. Fashions and Customs.
CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY. FOOTWEAR. FASHIONS AND CUSTOMS, MAINLY AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS.
No. 1 – Footwear of a Roman Emperor, after Baudouin (de Calceo antiquo et mystico). Nos. 2 and 11 – Sandal and shoe of the ancient Egyptian women. No. 3 – Solea or crepida. Right and left foot of Diana of Versailles in the Louvre. No. 4. – Crepida of Pallas of Velletri in the Louvre. No. 5 – Ocrea, peasant shoe in the style of the perones; after Willemin. Nos. 6 and 6a. – Roman lamp in the form of a foot; time of Juvenalis; after Baudouin. No. 7 – Ceremonial shoe of Honorius I, Pope 638. Rocca (Thesaurus sacrarum antiquitatum 6. II.) No. 8 – Ceremonial shoe of Sylvester I, Pope 314. Nos. 9 and 10 – Greek soldier’s shoe, published by Borioni.
Nos 9, 10. Caliga. Greek soldier’s shoe, published by Borioni.
No. 12 – Mulleus, statue of Caesar in the Louvre. No. 13 – Roman soldier’s shoe, after Baudouin. No. 14 – Greek footwear, after Willemin. No. 15 – Ancient Gallic footwear made of papyrus knit; after Baudouin. Nos. 16, 28 and 35 – Ceremonial shoes of Charles the Great, Imperial Museum in Vienna. Museum in Vienna. No. 17 – Ceremonial shoe of Martin I, Pope 649, published by Rocca. No. 18 – Campagus, statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Louvre. Nos. 19 and 40. – Footwear of the Greek soldier, from two sides. Statue of Mars, usually called Pyrrhus; after Willemin. No. 20. – Caliga of C. Maccenius, centurio primi pili of the Praetorians. Bas-relief in the Louvre. No. 21. – Caliga; after Montfaucon. No. 22. – Shoe of the Huns; after Baudouin. No. 23 – Roman emperor’s shoe; ibid. No. 24, – Crepida; after Willemin. No. 25, – Calceus, statue of Augustus in the Louvre. No. 26. – Calceus of the Roman curular officials; after Baudouin. No. 27. – Calceus, statue of Caninius or Canius, a Roman official in the province of Africa, in the Louvre. Nos. 29. and 34. – Persian shoes. Bas-reliefs from Persepolis. No. 30. – Crepida; after Willemin. No. 31 – Runner’s boots from the Tower of the Winds in Athens. No. 32 – Solea of wood with leather straps, Roman; after Baudouin. No. 33. – Caliga from a bas-relief of the triumphal arch of Constantinus in Rome. No. 36. – Footwear of the ancient Lombards. Statue in the Louvre. No. 37. – Footwear of Posidonius, a Roman philosopher d. 51 BC; in the Louvre. No. 38. – Crepida (sandals); after Willemin. No. 39. – Ocrea; bas-relief: Antiope, Zethus and Amphion; in the Louvre. No. 41. – Lace-up shoe, excavated by Heemskerk, in Rome. No. 42. – Crepida, ibid. No. 43. – Pero; statue of Antonius Aristeus in the Louvre. No. 44. – Crepida (sandals); Villa Albani. Nos. 45. and 49. – Greek footwear, seen from two sides: after Willemin. Nos. 46. and 51. – Lace-up shoe of the modern Italian peasant. No. 50. – Fragment of a rich Greek footwear; after Willemin.
Cf. the text: Montfaucon, l’Antiquite expliquée – De Clarac, Des Costumes antiques. – Paul Lacroix, Alp. Duchesne and F. Séré, Histoire de la Chaussure. – Le Père Cahier, Nouveaux Mélanges d’archéologie, 1874, Didot.
Source: History of Costume in Chronological Development by Auguste Racinet. Edited by Adolf Rosenberg. Published by Firmin-Didot et cie. Paris, 1888.
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