Talk:Buskin

Image
The image in the article now is good for illustrating the classical buskins, but an image of the Roman Catholic liturgical buskins would be helpful as they are quite different. Dgf32 (talk) 00:52, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Gaiters
What is the difference between the episcopal buskins worn by Roman Catholic bishops and the gaiters worn by Anglican bishops? Also, the article indicates that the episcopal buskins are stockings, but then it says they are worn over the episcopal sandals or red papal shoes. Are they really stockings? I'm just trying to picture what they look like. Thanks. MishaPan (talk) 16:55, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

another question; the article says formerly worn by the celebrant of a pontifical Mass; are they not still worn by those who observe the Tridentine Rite? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.224.128.1 (talk) 12:07, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Cothurnus is Latin
Hello, I'm a wikipedian from Italy

Just to evidence the the word "cothurnus" comes from Latin and not from Greek (the Greek word is Kothurnos), also if they are worn in Greek tragedies.

Shardanaa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.17.23.230 (talk) 07:46, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

brodequin vs. buskin
Loretta Chase in Vixen in Velvet, a novel (published in 2014) set in 1835 London (i.e. a Regency romance), has the exceedingly stylish dressmaking heroine clad in brodequins footwear described by the hero as "a bit of satin and a sliver of leather" and by the heroine as "half-boots called brodequins". The sixth definition for buskin provided by Dictionary.com states "a woman's low-cut shoe with elastic gores at the sides of the instep, popular in the early 20th century." And Merriam Webster refers to brodequin as "a high shoe worn by women". Either this buskin article should be expanded to include 19th and 20th century ladies footwear variations of brodequins or a separate article on brodequins (footwear) should be created. (Currently the Brodequins article in the English Wikipedia refers to a heavy metal band. The French version of Wikipedia has three brodequin articles, one for the torture device - a special form of footwear - which provided the naming inspiration for the heavy metal band, one for the heavy metal band, and one for the footwear much in the same vein as this English buskin article.  https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodequin  )Penelope Gordon (talk) 09:35, 17 December 2014 (UTC)