Medieval Bathhouses

Who says people did not bathe in the Middle Ages? They obviously did and made a social activity out of it. They evidently ate in the tub while being entertained by a lute players.

Luxuries: A Bathhouse in Valerius Maximus’ Facta et Dicta Memorabilia
(fol. 244), c. 1470, tempera and gold leaf on parchment.

Luxuries: A Bathhouse in Valerius Maximus’ Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (fol. 372),
mid-15th century, tempera and gold leaf on parchment.

Via Retronaut and WTF Art History