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David M. Wilson, Jean Le Carpentier
ISBN: 9780500251225
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
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In the small town of Bayeux in Normandy, in a museum specially devised to hold this single object, is a strip of linen nearly a thousand years old. In a series of vivid scenes, with a running explanatory text in Latin, the Tapestry relates the invasion of England by William of Normandy and his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The Tapestry is reproduced in full colour, with captions on a fold…
The Bayeaux Tapestry is unique both as a historical document and as a work of art. It was made soon after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and it tells the story of the events that led up to William the Conqueror's invasion of England and the battle itself.
| ISBN | 0500251223 | | Pages | 234 | | ISBN13 | 9780500251225
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 2160 | | Imprint | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 340 | | Publication date | 09 Feb 2004 | | Width (mm) | 260 | | Library of Congress | NK3049 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY | 746.4404330942 | | Academic level | General, Tertiary education | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Foreword by M. Jean Le Carpentier | | 6 | | | | Preface | | 8 | | | | Introduction: A Work of Art and an Historical Document | | 9 | | | | Map | | 22 | | | | The Tapestry | | 23 | | I | | The Inscriptions | | 172 | | II | | The Commentary | | 174 | | III | | The Story Told in the Tapestry | | 197 | | IV | | Style, Art and Form | | 201 | | V | | Buildings, Dress and Objects | | 213 | | | | Notes | | 228 | | | | Index | | 234 |
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