03-08-2009, 10:41 AM
Ave,
This may appear frivolous but yesterday at the Wiener Ball in Skopje we had a discussion about Roman Baths, Turkish Baths as sort of a direct descendant and then someone brought up the subject of towels. With all that bathing going on there had to be a way to dry off.
I believe the best modern towels are made from cotton, but cotton was more of a luxury fabric then....so that leaves us wool and linen. Linen probably had the most absorbency..... Any ideas on this? With the scarcity of textile finds in the archaeology record, I guess we are only left with the literary sources.... Does anyone know of a source that references towels.
Would the more well to do folks bring their own towel to the bath, while the majority used ones supplied by the bath?
Hadn't ever really thought about this before , but now that the subject is out there, it seems to generate even more questions.
Spring has arrived in the Balkan's. Still fresh snow in the mountains but the valleys are turning green!
Regards from Scupi, Arminius Primus aka Al Fuerst
This may appear frivolous but yesterday at the Wiener Ball in Skopje we had a discussion about Roman Baths, Turkish Baths as sort of a direct descendant and then someone brought up the subject of towels. With all that bathing going on there had to be a way to dry off.
I believe the best modern towels are made from cotton, but cotton was more of a luxury fabric then....so that leaves us wool and linen. Linen probably had the most absorbency..... Any ideas on this? With the scarcity of textile finds in the archaeology record, I guess we are only left with the literary sources.... Does anyone know of a source that references towels.
Would the more well to do folks bring their own towel to the bath, while the majority used ones supplied by the bath?
Hadn't ever really thought about this before , but now that the subject is out there, it seems to generate even more questions.
Spring has arrived in the Balkan's. Still fresh snow in the mountains but the valleys are turning green!
Regards from Scupi, Arminius Primus aka Al Fuerst
ARMINIVS PRIMVS
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE
