Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index



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  • Title: Steam Baths
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  • Description: A number of nude men and women are visible through the open windows of this heated public bath house. A nude woman holds a towel to her body as she enters the building from a wooden staircase. The steam is supplied to the house by an external furnace. This image comes from the original manuscript of Konrad Kyeser's Bellifortis [Strong in War], a military treatise that includes other non-warfare-related technological instruction and also addresses natural magic.
  • Source: Wikimedia Commons
  • Rights: Public Domain
  • Subject (See Also): Bath Houses Bathing Nude Technology
  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 15
  • Date: 1404-1405
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  • Current Location: Göttingen, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Ms. Philos. 63 Cim., 113v
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  • Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript Illuminations
  • Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment); Paint
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