Roman feet and shoes : the cultural significance of feet, footwear, and their representations in the north-western provinces / Elizabeth Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Elizabeth, author.

Series:

BAR international series ; 3186.

BAR international series ; 3186

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Footwear--Rome--History.

Footwear.

Foot in art--History.

Foot in art.

Rome--Social life and customs.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 176 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

This book examines the significance of feet, footwear, and the artefacts that depicted them to people living in the north-western provinces of the Roman Empire. It considers trends and symbolism in Roman hobnailing patterns, and Roman ritual use of shoes as evidenced by data from burials and wells. It also investigates 1,492 foot-shaped artefacts across 12 different categories, including jugs with feet on their handles, knife or razor handles, footlamps, sandal fibulae, and carved footprints. It finds that Roman foot-shaped artefacts can have many meanings, frequently simultaneously. These meanings include use as novelty items, markers of fashion and status, signatures, votive offerings, and more. The potential apotropaic role of footwear is also discussed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407361536

1407361538

OCLC:

1464079344

Publisher Number:

CIPO000154578