Alexandrie VI, Imperial Baths at Kom el-Dikka

Warsaw: PWN-Editions Scientifiques de Pologne, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 29,5x21,5 cm. ISBN: 83-90-00962-5 Description: hardback, 217 pp. (29,5x21,5 cm), 13 plans in a separate portfolio Condition: very good Weight: 1110g. Introduction 1. Baths construction: an introduction to the subject 1.1. Origins of public baths, basic terminology, operating rules 1.2. Literature 1.3. Development of function, heating techniques and spatial form 1.4. The functional arrangement of Roman baths 1.5. The spatial arrangement of Roman baths 1.6. Operation of Roman baths 1.7. Development of baths under the Byzantine Empire 2. The Kom el-Dikka Baths in Alexandria - description of extant remains 2.1. Remarks on the urban complex 2.2. Localization and phases of exploration 2.3. Stratigraphy and chronology 2.4. Preserved relics of architecture 2.4.1. Underground part of the baths 2.4.2. Aboveground part of the baths 2.5. Materials and techniques 2.5.1. Preparation of the site 2.5.2. The substructure 2.5.3. Walls of the superstructure 2.5.4. Roofs 2.5.5. Openings 2.5.6. Plastering 2.5.7. Floors 2.5.8. Pools 2.5.9. Architectural decoration 2.5.10. Metrology 3. Architectural analysis of the Kom el-Dikka Baths 3.1. Stratification of the substructure 3.2. Stratification of the superstructure 3.2.1. Frigidarium 3.2.2. The heated building 3.3. Heating units, the heating system 3.3.1. Hypocaust cellars 3.3.2. Tubulatio - flues 3.3.3. Hypocaust furnaces 3.3.4. Hypocaust furnaces with a double function 3.3.5. Water heating furnaces 3.3.6. Fuel supply 3.3.7. Removal of ashes 3.3.8. Hot water: distribution and circulation 4. The importance of the Kom el-Dikka Baths for the development of the spatial design and the technical arrangement of bathing establishments Reconstruction of the spatial design 1. Summary of the evidence 2. Exit tepidarium 3. Destrictarium and sudatorium 4. Caldarium 5. Frigidarium 6. Porticoes and other rooms Hypothesis I 4.2. The importance of technical designing for the process of perfecting the function of thermal establishments 4.2.1. Evolution of the praefurnium 4.2.2. Furnaces serving a double function 4.2.3. High-flame furnaces - water heating furnaces 4.2.4. Modernized hypocaust cellar, tubulatio, flues Hypothesis II Appendix: Results of chemical investigations Concluding remarks Dictionary of terms related to bathing establishments Abbreviations Bibliography List of photographs List of plans and sections List of figures