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Bayeaux Tapestry is an embroidery and can be seen at Bayeaux in Normandy in
France. The famous battle of Hastings is shown in this tapestry, made from linen
with 8 bands sewn together, and 270 feet long, and 19.5 inches wide.
It was longer, but a section showing after the battle has
been cut off.
The writing on the tapestry is in Latin, it tells the
story from the Norman point of view, and what lead up to the Battle of Hastings.
It is said that Bishop Odo of Bayeaux ordered the tapestry
to be done, he was Williams half brother, and was done to celebrate Williams
victory at Hastings and the completion of Odo’s cathedral.
Its been suggested that the tapestry was made in
Canterbury, which has a famous tapestry school, which uses a style of work very
similar to that found on the tapestry, this and the fact that some of the names
spelt in Latin on the tapestry are spelt in the English way.
The tapestry has 632 human figures, 202 horses, 55 dogs,
505 other creatures, 37 buildings, 41 ships and 2000 Latin letters. In 1476 an
inventory found in Bayeaux Cathedral listed a very long and narrow strip of
linen.
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