. The arts in early England. of the dress of Charles the Great and figured PI. lxxxii,2, 3. The former presence of long shoe latchets of the kindhas been inferred from the existence of numerous smallbuckles, such as PI. lxxxv, 4, which would come in handilyto fasten the ends of these. Remains of actual foot-gearof Anglo-Saxon make are hardly known, though Romanshoes are abundantly in evidence in some collections such asthat of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland at are examples of Roman ornamental leather work, anda similar piece of leather ornamented in like fashion withopen
. The arts in early England. of the dress of Charles the Great and figured PI. lxxxii,2, 3. The former presence of long shoe latchets of the kindhas been inferred from the existence of numerous smallbuckles, such as PI. lxxxv, 4, which would come in handilyto fasten the ends of these. Remains of actual foot-gearof Anglo-Saxon make are hardly known, though Romanshoes are abundantly in evidence in some collections such asthat of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland at are examples of Roman ornamental leather work, anda similar piece of leather ornamented in like fashion withopen work was found by Faussett in a Kentish grave, seeInventorium .Sepulchrale, p. 152 ; it does not however seemto have been part of a shoe. The Germanic dress has only been considered in its simpleraspects. People of wealth and position, both in the period ofthe migrations and in that following on the settlement in newseats, indulged in considerable luxury in costume and varied LXXXIV facing p. 385 GOLD STRIPS, TEXTILES, 4, natural size ; 3, reduced ; 2, less than half size ; i, enlarged z\ times GOLD-INWOVEN TISSUES 385 its forms while elaborating it in details. We are told that theGothic youths who were distributed as hostages in Romancities when the Visigoths were allowed to cross the Danube in376 were admired as much for their rich attire as fortheir fair presence, while Bishop Aldhelms tract de Virginitateof which there was question earlier in this work, Vol. 1, p. 233,is proof that dress among the Anglo-Saxon ladies of VIImight assume a fantastically gorgeous character. Only in thecase of one of these bits of extra finery is there any connec-tion with tomb furniture, and this is the vitta or ornamentalband for confining the hair. Such bands we know from literary notices already quotedmight be of the precious metals and set with gems. Nothinganswering to this description seems to have been found inAnglo-Saxon graves, but a fine golden diadem for the headset with
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