Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

De balneis Puteolanis
Italy, ca. 1400
MS G.74 fol. 14r

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Bath, Pozzuoli, De Prato -- Three male figures lie in bed under curtain draped over rod with flap pulled back. Another figure, seated with right hand resting on knee and supporting chin, holds cord attached to curtain(?) with left hand.
Below, four nude male figures with walking sticks enter cave and descend stairs into pool. Group of male figures bathe in pool.