Most of the depictions of woman’s shoes seem to be simple slippers. Cloth? Leather? Most often these shoes are black, however they are occasionally brightly colored or patterned. Some ladies are also depicted in boots. Unfortunately due to the length of the coat hems it’s hard to say how high the boots are on average. The only image of a woman’s boot not obscured by a hem that I’ve found comes from another depiction of Shirin bathing, this time with her boots set nearby. In illuminations there is no visible difference between men’s shoes and women’s.

There are no extant shoes that I’ve found as of yet, though numerous sources show an extant ceramic pair of shoes, possibly small vases or bath rasps or just conversation pieces! They match the silhouette of images of shoes.

Belts

Women do not seem to wear belts in this time period, save for a few illuminations that might be belts (or might just be thin sashes such as those on the two dancers pictured left). Scarves or sashes are common for those that do seem to have some sort of belt, usually thin and always tied center front (see the picture of bracelets below for an example of a waist sash on a woman). Men, on the other hand, wear some beautiful and ornate belts.

Jewelry

Earrings from simple loops to long dangly affairs are common in paintings, less common are necklaces with pendants, either small just at the throat or large belt-like bandoliers of plaquets (The lovely example pictured left is a 14th century gold necklace with a 12 inch diameter.) Pictured right is a minature of a woman dated 1575 wearing a similar necklace.

The strings of beads under the chin (discussed more in depth on the headdress page) qualify as jewelry. There are numerous depictions of crown-like veil decorations as well.

Bracelets also appear, mostly dainty affairs as well and usually in pairs (one on each wrist) as in this picture (dated 1590)

Henna

Particularly on hands and fingertips, Henna shows up frequently in illuminations. A style of coloring the tips of the fingers seems to have been particularly popular and it shows up on women of various social ranks.

Veils

The face-covering veil, or completely body-wrapping veil that springs to mind when thinking of modern Muslim women’s dress was, I believe, only worn by higher ranked noblewomen when out in public and its wear varied by region and era.

Left we see three noblewomen on horseback, obviously out in public. The one who rides next to the prince is completely swathed in white fabric and her lower face is covered as well leaving only her eyes in view while the lower ranked ladies riding with her have less veiling. The second picture from the same manuscript shows a lady from behind who is wearing her large white veil-cape down her back.