Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

De balneis Puteolanis
Italy, ca. 1400
MS G.74 fol. 15r

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Bath, Pozzuoli, Tripergula -- Two nude male figures undress in room at side of bath. One man hangs clothes on rod. To left, nude male figure steps into bath in which three other men bathe.
Christ: Harrowing of Hell -- Below, Christ, cross-nimbed and holding cross-staff, throws back door and strides toward flaming gate of hell with broken lock.