12-30-2007, 10:03 AM
As Im looking for a new pair of late roman shoes I decided to go for calcei. It is sometimes stated that they were no longer in use in the Vth and VIth centuries, but both textual, iconographical and in a less extence archeological evidences counter argue this.
Here in the Vergilius Romanus, Vth century codex:
It is a bit difficult however to have a clear patron just from iconography. From Roman Military Clothing (3) (thanks again Graham ) there is a picture of a calceus found at Aquileia, however it's not in a very good state and there is only the heel and the sole. There is also a reference about calcei found at the Antinoopolis necropole.
I would like to avoid basing too much my calcei upon much more ancient models such as the Dura Europos calcei, but so would need better exemples, such as the Antinoopolis ones if anyone got a picture :wink:
Here in the Vergilius Romanus, Vth century codex:
It is a bit difficult however to have a clear patron just from iconography. From Roman Military Clothing (3) (thanks again Graham ) there is a picture of a calceus found at Aquileia, however it's not in a very good state and there is only the heel and the sole. There is also a reference about calcei found at the Antinoopolis necropole.
I would like to avoid basing too much my calcei upon much more ancient models such as the Dura Europos calcei, but so would need better exemples, such as the Antinoopolis ones if anyone got a picture :wink:
"O niurt Ambrois ri Frangc ocus Brethan Letha."
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert