Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

De balneis Puteolanis
Italy, ca. 1400
MS G.74 fol. 9r

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Bath, Pozzuoli, Petra -- In domed bathhouse, group of nude male figures bathe. One figure drinks from pitcher. Another figure swims underwater.
Outside, fountain flows from left exterior wall and in front of bathhouse. Two men stand by wellhead. One man, shirtless, pulls bucket filled with water from well. The other figure, wearing a tunic, holds pitcher with both hands.