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Baiaie, Rome, Italy c. 1225 B122510 Costume Nude figures; one with skirt. TM. TMC. TMB. Actions Nude female bathers huddle in the caves with an attendant outside (1), while men talk about lofty ideas in one of the vaults (2). Commentary The individual baths of Baiaie are renown for the diseases cured by the medicinal hot-spring waters that freely flow through the caves in the mountains near Baiaie. Many of the "caves" are actually barrel-vaulted chambers with decorated walls, masonry seats and benches. Although the Baiaie Baths no longer exist, the enjoyment of hot spring baths continues into the present era. Source Illustrations from De Balneis Puteolanis, a poem by Peter of Eboli, c. 1225. Scanned from Fikret Yegul, Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992, p. 95. This treatse is profusely illustrated and includes classical prototypes of natural hot spring baths. 2 pictures. |
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