I'd never even heard of the Bayeux Tapestry when my husband and I went to France after just being married a couple of years. He'd always wanted to see it and couldn't believe I'd never been told about it.
I remember the huge church where it had originally been hung and then the museum next door where you could walk around and view the entire thing. Which we did with a field trip of English school kids who had crossed the Channel to see this part of their heritage. I had no idea that English and French heritage overlapped (yes, I was just a touch ignorant). Or of the beauty of this hand-sewn tribute to the Norman invasion of England.
It was simply amazing.
Here's a wonderful book about it - which I may need to reread.
This made me look at Wikipedia where you can look at the entire thing in one piece. This is really neat.
Individual scenes may be examined close up at this Wikipedia spot. Also neat.
This made me look at Wikipedia where you can look at the entire thing in one piece. This is really neat.
Individual scenes may be examined close up at this Wikipedia spot. Also neat.
