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Saverio
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posted 04-28-2001 04:05 PM

I was browsing the Footwear in the Middle Ages" website, on the High middle ages page and noticed the side laced shoe. The design looks simple enough, but would it be appropriate for Northern Italy circa 1300? with a pointier toe maybe?

The purpose of this project will be to get more practice sewing leather and to create a temporary shoe to hold me off while I get the funds to buy a good pair.

Would any of you find this vaguely appropriate? Right now it's either this or a pair of running shoes

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Gwen
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posted 04-28-2001 05:30 PM

IMHO, *any* sort of turnshoe is better than running shoes!!!!!! Practice your skills (good plan!) and use the time to do more research.

Gwen

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Saverio
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posted 04-28-2001 07:50 PM

Do you have any more info on the frescos? Any websites or books?

Thanks
Dan

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Saverio
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posted 04-29-2001 02:04 PM

Thank you again

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AnnaRidley
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posted 04-30-2001 09:02 AM

A couple of really good picture books on Giotto's frescoes that are readily available (Amazon 24 hrs) and not too expensive are:

Assisi : The Frescoes in the Basilica of St. Francis by Angiola Maria Romanini, Rizzoli; ISBN: 0847821110. $28

Giotto : The Scrovegni Chapel, Padua (Great Fresco Cycles of the Renaissance)by Bruce Cole; ISBN: 080761310X. $25

The Christus Rex site also has many images in multiple resolutions so that you can see better detail. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/francis/

On the subject of the shoes. In my opinion one of the things I find difficult about of the "patterns" from Marc Carlson's website is he doesn't talk about the shape of the sole. The shoe pattern that you present looks similar to the one I made, but the construction looks considerably more round of toe than what I got. The point on your upper should correspond to a point on the sole. This is not some thing I would have picked up without having looked at _Shoes and Pattens_ (MOL).

Mitake.

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Anne-Marie
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posted 04-30-2001 10:54 AM

this shoe seems structurally identical to the one of the foot of the 15th century french guy in a stained glass window I saw at the Cluny in Paris (I took pictures

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although the one I saw had a contrasting colored leather on the upper, around the ankle. Most stylish

--AM

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Seigneur de Leon
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Member # 65

posted 11-03-2001 08:58 PM

Regia had this site in a discussion. It's in German, but he tells how to do about everything.
http://www.mittelalterschuhe.de/

Stitching techniques, measuring to fit, pattens, timelines for finds, etc.

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VERITAS IN INTIMO
VIRES IN LACERTU
SIMPLICITAS IN EXPRESSO

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Dru
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posted 11-04-2001 09:31 AM

Don't get too pointy with the shoe. The pointier styles don't come into vogue until well into the 14th century. This style is nice but can be a little tricky to get fitted properly around the ankle.

Have fun.

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Dru Shoemaker
www.medievalshoes.com

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