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Bayeux Tapestry

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Linen hanging made about 1067–70 that gives a vivid pictorial record of the invasion of England by William I (the Conqueror) in 1066. It is an embroidery rather than a true tapestry, sewn with woollen threads in eight visibly different colours. The hanging is 70 m/231 ft long and 50 cm/20 in wide, and contains 72 separate scenes with descriptive wording in Latin. It is exhibited at the museum of Bayeux in Normandy, France.

© RM 2012. Helicon Publishing is division of RM.


 
 

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