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''De balneis Puteolanis'' ("On the baths of Pozzuoli") is a medieval didactic poem in Latin, attributed to Peter of Eboli, describing the thermal baths of
"Pietro da Eboli"
''Enciclopedia Federiciana'', Vol. II, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani ''De balneis Puteolanis'' was popular in its time and survives in a number of manuscript versions. It was also translated into vernacular languages and was issued in 12 editions in print, from 1457 to 1607. Many surviving manuscript versions are especially notable for their accompanying illustrations of medieval
Petrus de Ebulo - Balneum Tripergulae.jpg, Manuscript, Rome, Codex Angelico Ms. 1474.
Petrus de Ebulo - De balneis (BnF, Latin 8161, f°11r).jpg, Manuscript, Paris, BnF, Latin 8161, F 11r.
Petrus de Ebulo - De balneis (Valence, Biblioteca Històrica, MS. 838 f°4v).png, Manuscript, Valencia, MS. 838 F 4v.
Petrus de Ebulo - De balneis - Carmen elegiacum de balneis Puteolanis (BnF, fr 1313 f° 34r).jpg, Manuscript, BnF français 1313 F 34r
Comune di PozzuoliLatin text of ''De balneis Puteolanis'' (Cod. Bodmer 135)Bibliothèque nationale de France: Latin 8161Biblioteca Angelica Ms.1474
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''De balneis Puteolanis'' ("On the baths of Pozzuoli") is a medieval didactic poem in Latin, attributed to Peter of Eboli, describing the thermal baths of Pozzuoli
Pozzuoli (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is the main city of the Phlegrean Peninsula.
History
Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of ''Dicaearchia'' ( el, ΔικαΠ...
in the Campi Flegrei region of Campania
Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...
. The poem has the alternative title '.
The poem in thirty-five epigrams was written in the last decade of the twelfth century, probably in 1197. It is dedicated to the emperor ("Cesaris ad laudem"), probably Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry VI (German: ''Heinrich VI.''; November 1165 – 28 September 1197), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany ( King of the Romans) from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of S ...
. The author "reports every detail about more than thirty different thermal sites in the Campi Flegrei, including all therapeutic effects of their waters."
The attribution to Peter of Eboli ''(Petrus de Ebulo)'' is generally made "with some certainty", although some historians associate it with the work of Sicilian physician Alcadino di Siracusa.Fulvio Delle Donne"Pietro da Eboli"
''Enciclopedia Federiciana'', Vol. II, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani ''De balneis Puteolanis'' was popular in its time and survives in a number of manuscript versions. It was also translated into vernacular languages and was issued in 12 editions in print, from 1457 to 1607. Many surviving manuscript versions are especially notable for their accompanying illustrations of medieval
bathing
Bathing is the act of washing the body, usually with water, or the immersion of the body in water. It may be practiced for personal hygiene, religious ritual or therapeutic purposes. By analogy, especially as a recreational activity, the term is ...
.
Many of the thermal baths described in the Pozzuoli region were destroyed in the 1538 volcanic eruption which transformed the landscape of the Campi Flegrei caldera and created Monte Nuovo
Monte Nuovo ("New Mountain") is a cinder cone volcano within the Campi Flegrei caldera, near Naples, southern Italy. A series of damaging earthquakes and changes in land elevation preceded its only eruption, during the most recent part of the Ho ...
.
See also
*''Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum
''Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum'', Latin: ''The Salernitan Rule of Health'' (commonly known as ''Flos medicinae'' or ''Lilium medicinae'' - ''The Flower of Medicine'', ''The Lily of Medicine'') is a medieval didactic poem in hexameter verse. It ...
''
References
Further reading
* * * *Gallery
External links
Comune di Pozzuoli
{{Authority control 1197 books 1197 in Europe 12th-century poems 12th century in Italy 12th-century Latin books 12th-century illuminated manuscripts Bathing Books about Italy History of medieval medicine Hydrotherapy Medieval literature Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor