The Book of the Feet, A History of Boots and Shoes - Joseph Sparkes Hall (1847)

PASC :ooo "• 847 [...]... from an engraving in the Arch geological Album, and the shoe shows the length of these itself which forms nails and the way in which the upper leather was fig 7, constructed of the sandal form, like those of the Persepolitan figures already alluded to and Romans used shoes of this The Greeks kind as frequently aa HISTORY OF BOOTS AXU SHOES 24 the early Persians, and in fig 7, we have an example of such... cast off at pleasure, as and was secured by no tie it did not fit closely, This, like the solea and crepida, was worn by the lower people and hence, the comedians wore such cheap ; and common coverings classes and country for the feet, to contrast with the Cothurnus or buskin of the tragedians, which they assumed, as and stately attire trical and it was adapted to be part of a grand Hence the term apphed... Egyptian priesthood sandals Such vegetable were, however, occasionally decorated with ornaments to a considerable extent, and they then became expensive variety Baxearii The making of them was the business of a ; and these with the class of Solearii, in aU men (or their called makers of the simplest kind of sandal worn, consisting of a c ; HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES 18 with sole little more to fasten... retained its full power and pUabUity ; and the custom still retained in the East, of holding a strap of leather, or other substance between the toes, Theban paintings ; second to the hand is represented in the the foot thus becoming an useful ttlSTOEYOF BOOTS AND SHOES Many O specimens of the shoes and sandals of the ancient Egyptians, may WUkinsoUj in museum and Customs" of our be seen in his national... strengthens the edge, a thong of the strong fibres of the same plant is aflfixed HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES and was secured round the to eacli side of the instep, The other foot and has a pad (fig 3,) is softer look, it to the foot, 7 more must elaborately platted, in fact have been as a exceedingly light and agreeable in the arid climate inhabited by the people for whom such sandals -were constructed, the. .. shoes contrary to the custom of the people, and as " a wonder unto Egypt and Ethiopia." That is it became an evident from the article of many refinement and luxury other notices given, and the Jewish ladies seem to have been very particular about their sandals, thus we are told in the Apocryphal book of Judith, although Holofernes was attracted by the general richness of her dress and personal ornaments,... example, as it very state of this article of being something between a shoe and a sandal in fact, a shoe may be considered as a covered sandal, and in the instance before "upper leather" us, the part consists of little lacings of the sandals rendered we now term more than the much broader than usual, and fastened by buttons along the top of the foot the shoe ; as the is thus rendered peculiarly flexible,... was "her sandals ravished - HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES 14 and the bride his eyes ;" with the exclamation with sandals, The ancient Solomon's Song in — " How prince's daughter met !" bas-rehefs at PersepoUs, urhood of Babylon, second only in and is beautiful are thy feet and the neightheir antiquity interest to those of Egypt, furnish us with ex- amples of the boots and shoes of the Persian kings, their... march of intellect " days sandals, Vegetable termed Baxa, or Baxea, were worn by the lower classes, and as a symbol of their humility, by the philosophers and priests young priest Apuleius describes a as wearing sandals of palm, they no doubt similar in construction ones, to the were Egyptian which we have already given specimens, of and which were part of the required and characteristic dress of the. .. leather is ; secured round the ancle by a while a thong, ornamented by a stud in its the tie, centre, passing over the instep, and between the great and HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES 22 second secured to the sole in the manner of a toe, is In order that the ancle-bone should not be sandal pressed on or incommoded in walking, the leather is sloped away, and rises around back of the it to a point at the . sole of fig. 2, and a double band of twisted leaves secures and strengthens the edge, a thong of the strong fibres of the same plant is aflfixed HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES. 7 to eacli side of the instep, and was. people says, " Ladies, and men of rank, paid great attention to the beauty of their sandals : but on some occasions, those of the middle classes who were in the habit of wearing them, pre- ferred walking barefooted;. and Shoes in all ages. The illustrations of the fashions of the Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, are all taken from the highest autho- rities, and I helieve may be relied on as his- torical 1 have also