Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

De balneis Puteolanis
Italy, ca. 1400
MS G.74 fol. 12r

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Bath, Pozzuoli, Sancte Anastasie -- In each entrance of tent surmounted by coat of arms of King of France, three, women(?) lie in bed.
Below, group of nude figures bathe in pool. Attendant pours water from pitcher over head of one bather. Two figures, flanking pool, dig ditch to reach water underground.