03-22-2018, 11:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-23-2018, 09:27 PM by Crispianus.)
To follow on:
A Carbatina found in the Original Hadrians wall Turfwall ditch just east of Birdoswald:
Dating is a bit of a problem at the moment but it seems likely its later 2nd century AD possibly Antonine....
The scored decoration on the heel seems to suggest some "Allendale" influence, the section over the front of the foot suggests closed shoes from the Antonine wall... and the toe carbatinas again of Antonine date.
I would be interested in any input on the dating of the feature at "a" in the above map...
The original sketch upon which the reconstruction is based, it may have had a second pair of tabs now missing?...
The size is unknown as no measurements are given, though the image seems quite large and said to be half size by the author, I thought judging by the possible page size it might be something around a 40eu...
The reconstruction, 27cm long, in this version I've left off the possible additional tabs and done a "repair" instead where the laces pass though the thickness of the leather...
I combined this shoe with my final test solution for Shoe Black as noted earlier so the colour is in my opinion authentic for the time using any Veg tanned leather, just how black this can be, can be determined from the lace which is dyed with Modern ROC black dye... though I have no idea what the original shoe colour was in this case... any variation is due to light.
See here for more info on the dye: https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/thread...#pid346921
Ref:
"Report of the Cumberland Excavation Committee, 1897. By F. HAVERFIELD" CWAAS Vol 15 1899.
Pliny the Elder "Natural History" book 34. "Vitriol, Copperas, Shoe makers black"
A Carbatina found in the Original Hadrians wall Turfwall ditch just east of Birdoswald:
Dating is a bit of a problem at the moment but it seems likely its later 2nd century AD possibly Antonine....
The scored decoration on the heel seems to suggest some "Allendale" influence, the section over the front of the foot suggests closed shoes from the Antonine wall... and the toe carbatinas again of Antonine date.
I would be interested in any input on the dating of the feature at "a" in the above map...
The original sketch upon which the reconstruction is based, it may have had a second pair of tabs now missing?...
The size is unknown as no measurements are given, though the image seems quite large and said to be half size by the author, I thought judging by the possible page size it might be something around a 40eu...
The reconstruction, 27cm long, in this version I've left off the possible additional tabs and done a "repair" instead where the laces pass though the thickness of the leather...
I combined this shoe with my final test solution for Shoe Black as noted earlier so the colour is in my opinion authentic for the time using any Veg tanned leather, just how black this can be, can be determined from the lace which is dyed with Modern ROC black dye... though I have no idea what the original shoe colour was in this case... any variation is due to light.
See here for more info on the dye: https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/thread...#pid346921
Ref:
"Report of the Cumberland Excavation Committee, 1897. By F. HAVERFIELD" CWAAS Vol 15 1899.
Pliny the Elder "Natural History" book 34. "Vitriol, Copperas, Shoe makers black"
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
