Los baños en Bizancioarquitectura, medicina y literatura
ISSN: 1135-125X
Year of publication: 2010
Issue: 18
Pages: 119-144
Type: Article
More publications in: Cuadernos del CEMYR
Abstract
This paper will analyze the importance of water for the Byzantine world in general and will deal with the use of baths in particular. Following Roman architectural models, in the first centuries of the Byzantine period public baths (thermae) were constructed. In the Middle Byzantine period, however, one can perceive a significative decrease in the number of such public buildings as well as in the spreading of private baths. The interest in the use of baths in B yzantine times is r eflected on sources of various kinds, such as architecture, medicine and literature, complemented by a rich iconography of the subject.