This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...but they are not mentioned elsewhere, and seem to have been unknown in daily usage. The Oriental shoe (of our version) is a sandal made of leather, skin, felt, wood, &c, protecting simply the sole of the foot, and bound to it by thongs. On the Egyptian monuments the sandals are usually represented as turned up at the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...but they are not mentioned elsewhere, and seem to have been unknown in daily usage. The Oriental shoe (of our version) is a sandal made of leather, skin, felt, wood, &c, protecting simply the sole of the foot, and bound to it by thongs. On the Egyptian monuments the sandals are usually represented as turned up at the toe; but some forms are rounded and pointed. Assyrian sandals sometimes encased simply the heel and sides of the foot. Modern Oriental ladies bestow much attention upon their slippers, embroidering them with flowers and other figures THE ORIENTAL SHOE. 87 1 Exod. xxviii. 42; Lev. vi. 10; xvi. 4; Ezek. xliv. 18. wrought in silk, silver, and gold. The same care seems to have been given by Hebrew women of rank and wealth to their sandals.1 The stranger, upon entering an Oriental house, was met by a servant who unloosed the latchet of his sandals, removed them, and brought water to wash his feet.2 As these offices belonged to the lowest among the servants, the performance of them naturally became the symbol of humility. So John the Baptist said of the Saviour: 'He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear;' 'There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose;' 3 and so afterwards the Saviour washed the feet of His disciples, as an example that they should do likewise.4 Among the qualifications which entitled a widow to be 'taken into the number' (enrolled for special service in the Church, and probably also for maintenance in part), it is required that she shall have washed the feet of strangers.5 Upon entering a room, the Orientals always remove their sandals. No one can pass the threshold of a sanctuary till he has first laid aside his shoes.6 In g...
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