The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is currently housed in a special museum in Bayeux, Normandy in France. It is not actually a tapestry, but is an embroidery in wool yarn on linen (but who's complaining). It shows the events of 1064 to 1066, Beginning with King Edward the Confessor sending Harold to Normandy and culminating in Duke William’s invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings. The tapestry is 1.6 feet high and a whopping 224.3 feet long and reads like panels from a graphic novel complete with Latin descriptions of the events. The tapestry is encased in a long glass case in the museum and you can walk the length of it.
This section of the tapestry shows the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings.
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is currently housed in a special museum in Bayeux, Normandy in France. It is not actually a tapestry, but is an embroidery in wool yarn on linen (but who's complaining). It shows the events of 1064 to 1066, Beginning with King Edward the Confessor sending Harold to Normandy and culminating in Duke William’s invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings. The tapestry is 1.6 feet high and a whopping 224.3 feet long and reads like panels from a graphic novel complete with Latin descriptions of the events. The tapestry is encased in a long glass case in the museum and you can walk the length of it.
This section of the tapestry shows the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings.