Bagnio is a loan word into several languages (from Italian: bagno). In English, French, and so on, it has developed varying meanings: typically a brothel, bath-house, or prison for slaves.
The Bagnio (1743), fifth in the Marriage à-la-mode series of satirical paintings by William Hogarth: The Earl catches his wife in the Turk's Head bagnio with her lover, who makes his escape through the window. "Bagnio" is here used in its English sense of a brothel or boarding house.
The origin of this sense seems to be a prison in Livorno, built on former baths,[1] or a prison for hostages near a bath-house in Constantinople.[2] Thereafter it was extended to all the slave quarters in the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary regencies. The hostages of the Barbary pirates slept in the prisons at night, leaving during the day to work as laborers, galley slaves, or domestic servants. The communication between master and slave and between slaves of different origins was made in a lingua franca known as Sabir or Mediterranean Lingua Franca, a Mediterranean pidgin language with Romance and Arabic vocabulary.
The Slaves' Prison in Valletta, Malta, which was both a prison and a place where Muslim slaves slept at night, was known as the bagnio or bagno.[3]
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A well-known English brothel, the Turk's Head, labelled Bagnio (1787)
Bagne became the word for the prisons of the galley slaves in the French Navy; after galley service was abolished, the word continued to be used as a generic term for any hard labour prison. The last one in European France, the Bagne de Toulon, was closed in 1873.[citation needed]
The penal colony in French Guiana, which was not shut down until 1953, was also called a bagne, and features in the famous bestseller Papillon.
El trato de Argel (Life in Algiers, 1580), Los baños de Argel (The Bagnios of Algiers, 1615), El gallardo español (The Gallard Spaniard, 1615) and La gran sultana (The Great Sultana, 1615) were four comedies by Miguel de Cervantes about the life of the galley slaves, called "caitiffs". Cervantes himself had been imprisoned in Algiers (1575–1580). His novel Don Quixote also features a subplot with the story of a caitiff (chapters 39-41 of the first part).
Frequent mention of a bagnio is made in A Maggot (1985) by John Fowles, set in 1736 and mainly written in the English of that time. In Fowles' novel, the term denotes a brothel, specifically the one run by 'Mistress Claiborne'.
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^"BAGNE: Définition de BAGNE". Trésor de la langue française informatisé (in French). Retrieved 13 October 2020. D'Italie où il signifie à l'origine « bain » (lat. balneum, bain*), l'établissement pénitentiaire de Livourne étant construit sur un anc. bain (Esn., Bl.-W.5), le terme passa en Turquie (spéc. à Constantinople où les prisonniers chrét., en grande partie ital. dénommèrent l'établissement bagno pour la même raison,[...]
^Definition of "bagnio" from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Accessed 23 February 2015.
^Borg-Muscat, David (2001). (PDF). Storja: 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016.
^. The National Gallery. 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
^article from Saint Cloud (Minnesota) Journal, Thursday June 24, 1869.
bagnio, confused, with, banyo, loan, word, into, several, languages, from, italian, bagno, english, french, developed, varying, meanings, typically, brothel, bath, house, prison, slaves, 1743, fifth, marriage, mode, series, satirical, paintings, william, hogar. Not to be confused with Banyo Bagnio is a loan word into several languages from Italian bagno In English French and so on it has developed varying meanings typically a brothel bath house or prison for slaves The Bagnio 1743 fifth in the Marriage a la mode series of satirical paintings by William Hogarth The Earl catches his wife in the Turk s Head bagnio with her lover who makes his escape through the window Bagnio is here used in its English sense of a brothel or boarding house Contents 1 In reference to the Ottoman Empire 2 In English 3 In French 4 In fiction 5 References 6 BibliographyIn reference to the Ottoman Empire editThe origin of this sense seems to be a prison in Livorno built on former baths 1 or a prison for hostages near a bath house in Constantinople 2 Thereafter it was extended to all the slave quarters in the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary regencies The hostages of the Barbary pirates slept in the prisons at night leaving during the day to work as laborers galley slaves or domestic servants The communication between master and slave and between slaves of different origins was made in a lingua franca known as Sabir or Mediterranean Lingua Franca a Mediterranean pidgin language with Romance and Arabic vocabulary The Slaves Prison in Valletta Malta which was both a prison and a place where Muslim slaves slept at night was known as the bagnio or bagno 3 In English edit nbsp A well known English brothel the Turk s Head labelled Bagnio 1787 Bagnio was a term for a bath or bath house In England it was originally used to name coffeehouses that offered Turkish baths but by 1740 4 it signified a boarding house where rooms could be hired with no questions asked or a brothel 5 In French editBagne became the word for the prisons of the galley slaves in the French Navy after galley service was abolished the word continued to be used as a generic term for any hard labour prison The last one in European France the Bagne de Toulon was closed in 1873 citation needed The penal colony in French Guiana which was not shut down until 1953 was also called a bagne and features in the famous bestseller Papillon In fiction editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message El trato de Argel Life in Algiers 1580 Los banos de Argel The Bagnios of Algiers 1615 El gallardo espanol The Gallard Spaniard 1615 and La gran sultana The Great Sultana 1615 were four comedies by Miguel de Cervantes about the life of the galley slaves called caitiffs Cervantes himself had been imprisoned in Algiers 1575 1580 His novel Don Quixote also features a subplot with the story of a caitiff chapters 39 41 of the first part A bagnio in reference to a brothel or boarding house is mentioned in The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner 1824 by James Hogg as the location of a quarrel between two young Edinburgh nobleman that precedes one of them being murdered and the other arrested for the crime In The Day of the Locust 1939 by Nathanael West Claude Estee s wife Alice says Nothing like a good bagnio to set a fellow up Frequent mention of a bagnio is made in A Maggot 1985 by John Fowles set in 1736 and mainly written in the English of that time In Fowles novel the term denotes a brothel specifically the one run by Mistress Claiborne References edit BAGNE Definition de BAGNE Tresor de la langue francaise informatise in French Retrieved 13 October 2020 D Italie ou il signifie a l origine bain lat balneum bain l etablissement penitentiaire de Livourne etant construit sur un anc bain Esn Bl W 5 le terme passa en Turquie spec a Constantinople ou les prisonniers chret en grande partie ital denommerent l etablissement bagno pour la meme raison Definition of bagnio from the Free Merriam Webster Dictionary Accessed 23 February 2015 Borg Muscat David 2001 Prison life in Malta in the 18th century Valletta s Gran Prigione PDF Storja 42 Archived from the original PDF on 16 April 2016 Marriage A la Mode 5 The Bagnio The National Gallery 2006 Archived from the original on 12 March 2016 Retrieved 4 June 2007 article from Saint Cloud Minnesota Journal Thursday June 24 1869 Bibliography edit nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chambers Ephraim ed 1728 Bagnio Cyclopaedia or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences 1st ed James and John Knapton et al Bagnio in Chamber s Cyclopaedia 1728 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bagnio amp oldid 1141953883, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
