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Primary Sources:
http://www.geocities.com/karen_larsdatter/baths.htm: Medieval and Early Modern bathing pictures
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/babees_rickert.pdf
"If your lord wishes to bathe and wash his body clean, hang sheets round the roof, every one full of flowers and sweet green herbs, and have five or six sponges to sit or lean upon, and see that you have one big sponge to sit upon, and a sheet over so that he may bathe there for a while, and have a sponge also for his feet, if there be any to spare, and always be careful that the door is shut. Have a basin full of hot fresh herbs and wash his body with a soft sponge, rinse him with fair warm rose-water, and throw it over him; then let him go to bed; but see that the bed be sweet and nice; and first put on his socks and slippers that he may go near the fire and stand on his foot-sheet, wipe him dry with a clean cloth, and take him to bed to cure his troubles." How the Wise Man Taught His Son Lambeth 853, fol. 186
Secondary Sources:
http://www.godecookery.com/mtales/mtales08.htm
"Contrary to popular legend, medieval man loved baths. People probably bathed more than they did in the 19th century, says the great medievalist Lynn Thorndike. Some castles had a special room beside the kitchen where the ladies might bathe sociably in parties. Hot water, sometimes with perfume or rose leaves, was brought to the lord in the bedchamber and poured into a tub shaped like a half-barrel and containing a stool, so that the occupant could sit and soak long. In the cities there were public baths, or "stews" for the populace."
Loads on Stefan's Florilegium, as usual - scroll down to 'Personal Care'. This section also covers aphrodisiacs, hair, body art, toiletries and perfumes.
http://www.geocities.com/karen_larsdatter/baths.htm: Medieval and Early Modern bathing pictures
http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/babees_rickert.pdf
"If your lord wishes to bathe and wash his body clean, hang sheets round the roof, every one full of flowers and sweet green herbs, and have five or six sponges to sit or lean upon, and see that you have one big sponge to sit upon, and a sheet over so that he may bathe there for a while, and have a sponge also for his feet, if there be any to spare, and always be careful that the door is shut. Have a basin full of hot fresh herbs and wash his body with a soft sponge, rinse him with fair warm rose-water, and throw it over him; then let him go to bed; but see that the bed be sweet and nice; and first put on his socks and slippers that he may go near the fire and stand on his foot-sheet, wipe him dry with a clean cloth, and take him to bed to cure his troubles." How the Wise Man Taught His Son Lambeth 853, fol. 186
Secondary Sources:
http://www.godecookery.com/mtales/mtales08.htm
"Contrary to popular legend, medieval man loved baths. People probably bathed more than they did in the 19th century, says the great medievalist Lynn Thorndike. Some castles had a special room beside the kitchen where the ladies might bathe sociably in parties. Hot water, sometimes with perfume or rose leaves, was brought to the lord in the bedchamber and poured into a tub shaped like a half-barrel and containing a stool, so that the occupant could sit and soak long. In the cities there were public baths, or "stews" for the populace."
Loads on Stefan's Florilegium, as usual - scroll down to 'Personal Care'. This section also covers aphrodisiacs, hair, body art, toiletries and perfumes.
