The antiquities of Herculaneum . as confuti funt, et ex fuperiori parte corrigia trahuntur, ut conftringantnr: unde et , in Objlrigillo, writes: * Antiqui obftrigillos vel obftrigilla dixere vincula focculorum, vel calceos amentatos. [ 1 \~] Balduinus, cap. xii. thinks, that at firffc the fandal was open, but that after-wards it was made like a Ihoe, in being wholly covered and fattened by a firing ofleather, or fomething of that fort. It differed however with refpeft to form andneatnefs ; for whereas the fhoe had a longifh peak turning up, and covered not onlythe foot but al
The antiquities of Herculaneum . as confuti funt, et ex fuperiori parte corrigia trahuntur, ut conftringantnr: unde et , in Objlrigillo, writes: * Antiqui obftrigillos vel obftrigilla dixere vincula focculorum, vel calceos amentatos. [ 1 \~] Balduinus, cap. xii. thinks, that at firffc the fandal was open, but that after-wards it was made like a Ihoe, in being wholly covered and fattened by a firing ofleather, or fomething of that fort. It differed however with refpeft to form andneatnefs ; for whereas the fhoe had a longifh peak turning up, and covered not onlythe foot but alfo the middle leg; on the other hand the fandal refembled the folea,and was equally neat; in a word, exa&ly like the pantofle of modern ladies. SaUmajiusy Nigronius, and Rubenius do not diftinguifh the fandal from the Ihoe; hold-ing that the fandal was always open. We fliall have occafion in feveral places, andparticularly in illuftrating the reprefentation of a Ihoe-makers {hop, to fpeak morelargely upon this fubjeft. PLATE. I [ 95 ] PLATE XXII. [?] fTT^ HIS light and airy figure Is covered with long and veryJL thin purple [2] drapery. Her right fhoulder and armare bare [3], except that a very thin yellow veil [4] croffes [1] Catalogue, n. 531. I. \_z\ Plautics, in the Aulularia, acl. iii. fc. v. introduces old Megadorus defcrib-ing the great inconveniences which large dowries bring with them, and pleafantlyexaggerating the intolerable expenfes which the hufband is obliged to incur to fat-isfy the vanity of his wife. He enumerates all the trades which were employed toferve the luxury of women. Among thefe he mentions the violarii, whom Ferra-rius, i. de ReVeJliaria, iii. 21. explains to mean, eos, qui violae colore veftes tingerent. Pliny, in lib. xxi. cap. vi. fays: fi Violis honor proximus—ex iis* quae—purpureae—folaeque Graeco nomine a caeteris diflinguuntur, appellata la,u ut ab his ianthina veftis. It is not however a true purple, but vs-oppvpo&hs, asthe^ luvQov is
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