ANST - period boots

[Mark.S Harris]

The other day, when I mentioned two of the files in my Florilegium
having to
do with period shoes and possible substitutes for SCA use, I forgot to
mention this file, also in the CLOTHING section:
p-shoes-msg       (50K)  4/17/96    Medieval footwear.

The following message is excerpted from this file for those looking for
specific period boot referances. Some of these may be a little earlier
than those given here previously. Some of the earlier messages here should
end up in this file shortly.

My files are at: http://www.florilegium.org

Hope this is useful.

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net

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> From: huff at bronze.lcs.mit.EDU (Robert Huff)
> Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
> Subject: CRAFTS: Leather Boots
> Date: 24 Oct 1994 21:49:37 -0400
> 
> About 18 months ago I did a fair amount of casual research on
> period footwear, and feel marginally qualified to address two issues.

<snip>

>         2) Boots
>         Above-the-ankle boots seem to have been fairly rare.  _Shoes and
> Pattens_ mentions only a few examples over several centuries.
>         However - I have (somewhere ... <goes upstairs, roots around,
> GOTCHA!> four references to boots at or over the knee.
>         The first is an illustration from the _Livre Tournois du Roi Rene_,
> showing a "King of Arms" making a presentation to the Duke of Bourbon.
> The herald is wearing soft mid-thigh boots, with a substantial cuff.
> The Duke and courtiers wear shoes; all have moderately elongated toes.
> The illustration is dated approx. 1460.
>         The second is a painting - _The King of France with St. Giles and
> the hind_ (1495-1500).  One of the men in the background (might be a
> noble, might be a liveried servant) wears over-the-knee boots with
> rounded toes.
>         The last is a description from _Quinze Joyes de Mariage_ (1464)
> describing an impoverished young noble "with his long riding boots
> shortened by innumerable resolings, so that the hollow worn by his knee
> now appears halfway down the leg" (quotation from secondary source).
>         I also remember a painting of an Elizabethan courtier (Sir
> Christopher Hatton comes to mind, but I can't find the xerox) wearing
> boots that seem to be basically long leather stockings that button up
> the side.  He's also wearing pantofles, which implies that style wasn't
> much meant for serious work.
> 
>                         Diego Mundoz
>                         Carolingia
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