Bayeux Tapestry

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux, IPA: , Norman La telle du conquest) is an embroidered cloth-not an actual tapestry-nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. The tapestry consists of some fifty scenes with Latin tituli (captions), embroidered on linen with coloured woollen yarns. It is likely that it was commissioned by Bishop Odo, William's half-brother, and made in England in the 1070s. In 1729 the hanging was rediscovered by scholars at a time when it was being displayed annually in Bayeux Cathedral. The tapestry is now exhibited at Mus e de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Bayeux, Normandy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510842024
• ISBN13: 9785510842029
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"