Jorge Stolfi wrote: > > Below are some additional strigil images (courtesy of Google). All are > from classical Greek/Roman times; I wonder what bathing utensils were > in use in medieval Europe. I read somehwere that in medieval times bathing was considered in Europe to be highly detrimental to one's health. So, could it be that, by and large, they had no bathing utensils, viewed as devil's tools? Mark