Note 59 — Chapter I · CONSTANTINOPLE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY[3]
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In cloaks and Byzantine buskins, “chlaenis et campagis” (Κάμπαγος or κομβαῶν). For the latter see Daremberg and Saglio, Dict. Antiq., sb. voc. They covered the toe and heel, leaving the instep bare to the ground.