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Cothurnus

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Shoes -- Ancient

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Title
Cothurnus
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Shoes -- Ancient

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1896
Topics
Shoes -- To 500
Clothing & dress -- Greece -- To 499
Clothing & dress -- Rome -- To 499
Shoes -- To 499
Boots -- To 499
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Co-thurn-us, s. Lat. from Gr. … Roman & Greek drama: a boot or buskin worn by the actors in tragedies. It reached half way up the leg, and sometimes almost to the knees, and had a very tick sole for the purpose of increasing the apparent stature of the performer. The actors in comedies wore a thin slipper called soccus, and hence cothurnus and soccus were employed figuratively to denote tragedy and comedy respectively …"
Source note: Encyclopaedic dictionary. (New York : New York Newspaper Syndicate, 1896) Hunter, Robert (1823-1897), Editor. Morris, Charles (1833-1922), Editor.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17657589
Barcode: 33333159385158
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2c92fff0-c563-012f-acfe-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1896: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The New York Public Library. "Cothurnus" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-331d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The New York Public Library. "Cothurnus" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 10, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-331d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The New York Public Library. (1896). Cothurnus Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-331d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-331d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Cothurnus, (1896) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=May 10, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Cothurnus