Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry or Bayeux Embroidery (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux or La telle du conquest) is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long and 50 centimetres (20 in) tall, 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.

Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux (Normandie, France) — Museum of the Bayeux Tapestry in Normandy, France

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Teppich von Bayeux

Tapisserie (Bayeux, France) — Tapestry (Bayeux, France)

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Tapiz de Bayeux

The Entrance to the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, France

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Tapisserie de Bayeux

Seminary Building that now houses the Tapestry de Bayeux (Normandy, France) — Old Seminary Building that now houses the Tapestry de Bayeux in Normandy, France

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Tapijt van Bayeux

Histoire du Grand Séminaire de Bayeux où la Tapisserie est installée maintenant — History of the Great Seminary of Bayeux where the Tapestry is installed now

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贝叶挂毯的照片和视频

Boutique de Souvenirs au Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux (Normandie, France) — Souvenir Shop at the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, France

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The tapestry consists of some fifty scenes with Latin tituli, 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—not Bayeux—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 the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Bayeux, Normandy, France.

Arazzo di Bayeux

The Battle of Hastings, a segment of the Bayeux Tapestry

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Tkanina z Bayeux

Cartes Postales de Tapisserie de Bayeux — Bayeux Tapestry Postcards

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Tapeçaria de Bayeux

Gifts and Souvenirs in the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, France

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The Bayeux Tapestry gives information of a historical nature that no other source has provided. It begins with the description of Harold’s eventful journey to Normandy (landing in Ponthieu, meeting with the Duke William, expedition in Brittany and oath on the sacred relics of Bayeux). It then depicts Harold’s return to England and his coronation after the death of King Edward the Confessor. Finally it describes the preparation for William’s expedition, the crossing of the Channel, and the Battle of Hastings.