Balnearia finds an online home
From 1993 to 1997, the International Association for the Study of Ancient Baths (IASAB), presided by Inge Nielsen, published the Balnearia series, a newsletter edited by Janet DeLaine and dedicated to matters relating to ancient baths. On top of longer articles, regular contents included a ‘notes and news’ section to highlight recent discoveries, the results of ongoing projects, or announce and review relevant conferences; a bibliography on baths curated by Hubertus Manderscheid; and a ‘Help!!!’ section for scholars puzzled by bathing-related material to ask the community for help.
This archive—the visible end of an initiative that was not dissimilar from the BATH network—was so far available only in a limited number of libraries. With the blessing of their initiators Inge and Janet, we are making the contents of the entire series available for download here.
Our thanks to Hubertus Manderscheid for providing us with scans of the Balnearia issues!
| Vol. 1.1 (1993) | Vol. 1.2 (1993) |
| Vol. 2.1 (1994) | Vol. 2.2 (1994) |
| Vol. 3.1 (1995) | Vol. 3.2 (1995) |
| Vol. 4.1 (1996) | Vol. 4.2 (1996) |
| Vol. 5.1 (1997) |
Table of contents of the volumes
1993, vol. 1 issue 1
1 — Editorial
2–3 — Malcom J. Page, Roman Baths – a Health Warning!
Terminology
3–4 — Inge Nielsen, The baths: problems of terminology
4 — Henry Blyth, Terminology workshop: the hypocaust
4–5 — Janet DeLaine, Dictionnaire méthodique de l’architecture grecque et romaine
Site notes and news
5 — Yizhar Hirschfeld, Bathhouse at Khorvat ‘Eleq
5–6 — Hugo J. Helmer, The reconstruction of the Baths of Heerlen in ARCHEON, Alphen aan den Rijn
6 — Krasimira Vacheva, Baths in Bulgaria
6–7 — E. W. Black, An Unsuspected Fortress Bath
7 — Help!!!
1993, vol. 1 issue 2
1 — Editorial
Fuel Trials at Xanten
2 — A. Rieche, Heizversuche in den römischen Thermen im Archäologischen Park Xanten
3–6 — Tony Rook, “X” Marks the Spot: Fuel Trials at Xanten
7 — The Tarragona Conference
Site notes and news
7 — Hubertus Manderscheid, Pompeii, Terme Suburbane – a new example of the “Samovar” system
7 — Krasimira Vacheva, News from Bulgaria
8–9 — Janos Fedak, A recently discovered military bath (Kastellbäder) at Intercisa in Pannonia
Help!!!
9 — Hubertus Manderscheid, A lost “samovar”
9 — Bath Gardens
10–11 — Hubertus Manderscheid, Greek and Roman Baths and Bathing Bibliography for 1992
11–12 — International Association for the Study of Ancient Baths. Draft Constitution
13 — IASAB Regional Representatives
1994, vol. 2 issue 1
1–2 — Editorial
2 — IASAB joins AIAC
2 — In the Shadow of the Acropolis
Site notes and news
3–6 — Hughes Savay-Guerraz, Actualités de la recherche sur le site de Saint-Romain-en-Gal (Rhône, France): les Thermes des Lutteurs
6–8 — Piotr Dyczek, Two baths from Polish excavations at Novae
9 — Roman Baths in Bulgaria
9 — Stephan Busch, Epigramme auf römische Thermen
9 — Forthcoming conferences……
10–11 — Tony Rook, Thoughts on hypocausts
Help!!!
11 — Alain Bouet, More Mystery tiles…
11 — Peter Barefoot, In search of Spas…
12 — IASAB Regional Representatives
1994, vol. 2 issue 2
1 — Editorial
2 — Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Conference Reports. Water, water everywhere
2–3 — Natasha Zajac, Hygieia: Good Health in Antiquity
Site notes and news
3 — Hubertus Manderscheid, Ultime notizie sulle Terme di Caracalla
3 — Help!!!
4–7 — Hans-Christian Grassmann, Wirkungsweise und Energieverbrauch der Römischen Thermen in Weissenburg/Bay
7 — Tony Rook, Fuel Corrections
8–9 — Nathalie de Haan, Roman Private Baths
9–12 — Hubertus Manderscheid, Ancient Baths and Bathing Bibliography for 1993 (with supplement for 1992)
12 — Contributions for Balnearia
1995, vol. 3 issue 1
1 — Editorial
2–3 — Second International Conference on Ancient Baths, Varna (Bulgaria)
3 — Roman Baths in Bulgaria
3–4 — Garrett G. Fagan, Other conference news. AIA/APA Session on Roman Baths
4 — Jesús Peréx Agorreta, Other conference news. Termalismo Antiguo: I Congreso Peninsular, Arnedillo (La Rioja) 3-5 de octubre 1996
Site notes and news
5–6 — Claudia Rizzitelli, Terme di Ussarna località S. Lorenzo
7–11 — Laurent Verslype, Thermes urbains à Tournai (Belgique). Découverte récente
11 — Michael Dodt, Die Thermen in Zülpich und die römischen Badeanlagen in der Provinz Germania inferior
11 — Janet DeLaine, Greek baths at Marseille
12 — IASAB Regional Representatives
1995, vol. 3 issue 2
1 — Editorial
2–4 — Henry Blyth, Economics of Public Baths
4 — Michaela Hoffmann, Dissertation zur Thema “Griechische Bäder”
5 — Jane Biers, Archaeological Institute of America/American Philological Association Joint Colloquium on Roman Baths
6 — Simone Wiedler, Aspekte der Mosaikaustattung in Thermen und Badeanlagen des Maghreb
6 — Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity, by F.K. Yegül
7–12 — Hubertus Manderscheid, Ancient Baths and Bathing. Bibliography for 1994-95 with a supplement for 1993
1996, vol. 4 issue 1
1 — Editorial
2–4 — T. Keith Dix, Libraries in Roman Baths?
5–7 — Nathalie de Haan, Second International Conference on Ancient Baths, Varna (Bulgaria), 22–27 April 1996
7 — Janet DeLaine, Report of General Meeting of IASAB held on Thursday 25 April 1996, Museum of History, Varna
8–9 — Constitution of IASAB
9 — Klaus W. Usemann, Stellungnahme zum Aufsatz von Dipl.-lng. Hans-Christian Grassmann, über “Wirkungsweise und Energieverbrauch der Römischen Thermen Weissenburg/Bay”, in Balnearia 1994, vol. 2.2, 4-7.
10–11 — Manuel Martin-Bueno and María-Esperanza Ortiz Palomar, Vidrio de Ventana en Bilbilis (Una aportación al conocimiento arquitectónico)
12 — IASAB Regional Representatives
1996, vol. 4 issue 2
1 — Editorial
2–3 — Angeles Magallón Botaya and Pierre Silliéres, Las termas públicas del Municipium Labitulosanum (La Puebla de Castro (Huesca) España)
3–3 — Adrian Ardet, The Ancient Spa “Ad Mediam” (Baile Herculane)
4–11 — Hubertus Manderscheid, Ancient Baths and Bathing. Bibliography for 1995-96 with a supplement for 1994
11–12 — Carmen Fernández Ochoa, Las termas romanas de la Ciudad de Gijón (Asturias, España)
12–12 — Baths on the Internet
1997, vol. 5 issue 1
1 — Editorial
Site notes and news
2–4 — M. Barbara Reeves, John P. Oleson, Baths of the Hisma Desert
4 — Baths on the Internet
4 — Albert Ribera, A Republican bath in Valencia, Spain
5–6 — Hans-Joachim Schalles, Ein Schutzbau für die Grossen Thermen der Colonia Ulpia Traiana
6–7 — Roofing the Large Baths at Xanten – English Summary
7–9 — Alain Bouet, Les thermes privés et publics en Gaule Narbonnaise
9–10 — Janet DeLaine, Review. Cura Aquarum in Campania
10–11 — Call for Papers. Cura Aquarum in Sicilia
11 — Contributions for Balnearia
12 — IASAB Regional Representatives
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