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A meticulously researched site detailing information about all kinds of shoes and techniques from ancient times to the Renaissance. Essential for understanding the basics of cordwaining as well as all raised heels. Elizabeth Bernhardt's Homepage - http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~ebernhar/index.shtml An interesting and useful website, giving broad historical information on Venetian chopines. World Catalog Libraries - http://www.worldcatlibraries.org This is an excellent resource for finding all manner of books all over the world. Arts and Sciences Homepage - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/arts_and_sciences.html A superb resource for all things A&S. Specifically useful for finding transcriptions of manuscripts. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston - http://www.mfa.org The website for the MFA, which has about fifteen pairs of chopines in its collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York - http://www.metmuseum.org The website for the Met, which has a very nice example of a Venetian chopine. There is also a little article at http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chop/hd_chop.htm. Although the author, Harold Koda, doesn't give much detail on his references, his text does seem to jive well with the research that I've done. The Bata Shoe Museum in Canada - http://www.allaboutshoes.ca/en/heights_of_fashion/east_meets_west/ The website for the Bata shoe museum in Canada, which has a very nice example of a Venetian chopine. Specifically, if you look to the right hand side of the window and click on the chopine that says "3D," then you can get a 3 dimensional look at this marvelous piece of work.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in Great Britain -
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1487_renaissance/intheround.html
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